{"product_id":"9780063089020","title":"Daughter in Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Teller of Secrets \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, story about a young Ghanaian woman’s struggle to make a life in the US, and the challenges she must overcome.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLola is twenty-one, and her life in Senegal couldn’t be better. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a nice apartment, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana, disapproves of her choice, but nothing will stop Lola from boarding a plane for Armand and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat fateful flight is only the beginning of an extraordinary journey; she has traded her carefree existence in Senegal for the perilous position of an undocumented immigrant in 1990s America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLola encounters adversity that would crush a less-determined woman. Her fate hangs on whether or not she’ll grow in courage to forge a different life from one she’d imagined, whether she’ll succeed in putting herself and family together again. \u003cem\u003eDaughter in Exile\u003c\/em\u003e is a hope-filled story about mother love, resilience, and unyielding strength.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bisi Adjapon","offers":[{"title":"HarperCollins |  Hardback  |  2023-01-31","offer_id":44151269228799,"sku":"9780063089020","price":34.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1e3e418c-0e40-48f6-bdf0-092e224aca6c.jpg?v=1671071332","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780063089020","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}