{"product_id":"when-will-papa-get-home","title":"When Will Papa Get Home?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis poignant historical novel of immigration takes you to the high plains of southeastern Colorado, where a Mexican-American girl grows up knowing that her father has been imprisoned for ten years for something he didn’t do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn When Will Papa Get Home?, Maria is taken back to her childhood home when she comes across a blue marble in her jewelry box. She remembers herself as an eight-year-old girl playing with the marble while waiting for her father to return to the rock-and-adobe homestead house her family had built with their own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the tale of “the Philly Place” that author Larada Horner-Miller has heard her whole life, this novel imagines the life of the person who might have left that very same blue marble behind, to be discovered by Horner-Miller while exploring her family ranch many decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the fictitious daughter of a man named Philadelphia Gonzales, this novel relates the experiences of a Mexican-American community struggling to live the American dream while surrounded by often-hostile Anglos. Yet, amid the prejudice and injustice are many who are kind and welcoming. These characters, along with Maria’s own determination and personal growth, create an inspiring, uplifting tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46661392269522,"sku":"60885701-f74b-3bcf-963a-d0a62057a172","price":4.06,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_e5949698-f754-47ab-ae22-ff4bbc470124.jpg?v=1763103321","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/when-will-papa-get-home","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}