{"product_id":"mosquito","title":"Mosquito","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e--a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US-Mexico border about identity, immigration, and \"the new underground railroad.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jones's great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.\"--Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e, she examines the US-Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey beings after discovering a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking her accidental and yet growing involvement in \"the new underground railroad,\" a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Mosquito's understanding of the immigrants's need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito's romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood; Maria, the stowaway who names her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner; and many more.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049132835052,"sku":"9780807006627","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_4a028cfd-44e4-4a63-8e7a-e8b0480b2c2d.jpg?v=1764624292","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/mosquito","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}