{"product_id":"9781806750214","title":"Loca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center of Fiction First Novel Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heredia, Alejandro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54794454630737,"sku":"9781806750214","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9781806750214.jpg?v=1788515630","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9781806750214","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}