{"product_id":"9780008464660","title":"My Broken Language: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Quiara Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories.”\u003c\/em\u003e – Lin-Manuel Miranda\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright behind \u003cem\u003eIN THE HEIGHTS\u003c\/em\u003e comes a spellbinding coming-of-age story, and a vibrant and life-affirming celebration of the women who guide us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Rican mother, Quiara Alegría Hudes had a love-and-trouble-filled upbringing, haunted by the unspoken, untold family secrets of the barrio. In the face of real world wounds, the powerful, Orisha-like women of her family possessed a strength, joy and sensuality that left a young Quiara awe struck. She vowed to tell their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut confronted by a world that treated her like an outsider, Quiara knew she must find a new language, one which reflected the multiple cultures that raised this Puerto Rican child of North Philly. Written and spoken, English and Spanish, sacred and profane — as her search for a way to share her family’s story deepened, an artist emerged, ready to speak her truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspired exploration of home, family and memory, My BROKEN LANGUAGE is the story of a sharp-eyed observer who finds her voice and learns to boldly tell the stories that only she can tell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quiara Alegría Hudes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898265653397,"sku":"9780008464660","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008464660_7f50c411-d392-4e09-aaad-f595b016af28.jpg?v=1776888243","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008464660","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}