{"product_id":"mahala-hardcover","title":"Mahala - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Marques Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahala was born a maverick.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdopted by her mother's best friend and raised next door to her biological siblings, she grows up inside two families of Indian descent, in a colonial Caribbean society with a plan for her already written: leave school, marry well, run a household, arrange her own daughters' weddings one day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe is thirteen when four parents choose her husband. She refuses him, publicly and disastrously, in a way her family's reputation will not quickly recover from. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-one she leaves St. Vincent for New York with a suitcase and no one's permission, and finds work at a sewing machine in the garment district. What she builds there, on a seamstress's wages and her own nerve, is a life of her own choosing, and a reckoning, years later, with the mother who gave her away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the true life of the author's grandmother, \u003ci\u003eMahala\u003c\/i\u003e is a family saga about two mothers, one daughter, and where women get their nerve. Readers of Lisa Wingate, Susan Meissner, and Charmaine Wilkerson's \u003ci\u003eBlack Cake\u003c\/i\u003e will love it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Marques Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where she earned both her Bachelor of Science in marketing and Master of Business Administration. She lives with her husband and three daughters in Fairfield, Connecticut. \u003ci\u003eMahala \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.14 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67919461122296,"sku":"9781648212062","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/5hkxz6bu_r9781648212062.webp?v=1793505046","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/mahala-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}