{"product_id":"9780743285124","title":"Towelhead","description":"By: Alicia Erian     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a girl failed by her parents and by a conflicted America, \u003ci\u003eTowelhead\u003c\/i\u003e is an ultimately redemptive and moving work that no one can afford to ignore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1991. When Jasira's mother finds out what has been going on between her boyfriend and her thirteen-year-old daughter, she has to make a choice—and chooses to send Jasira off to Houston, Texas, to live with her father.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA remote disciplinarian prone to explosive rages, Jasira's father is unable to show his daughter the love she craves—and far less able to handle her feelings about her changing body.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBewildered by extremes of parental scrutiny and neglect, Jasira begins to look elsewhere for affection, but Saddam Hussein has invaded Kuwait, and high school has become a lonely place for a \"towelhead.\" When her father meets, and forbids her to see, her boyfriend, it becomes lonelier still.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut there is always Mr. Vuoso -- a neighboring army reservist whose son Jasira babysits. Mr. Vuoso, as Jasira discovers, has an extensive collection of \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. And he doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with Jasira's body at all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePainfully funny, tender, and sexually charged, \u003ci\u003eTowelhead\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare thing: a gloriously readable novel unafraid to take risks.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46737087955171,"sku":"DTRSSUS-9780743285124","price":138.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/O_07110f5d-d49d-476c-be05-b0a1f6afd25b.jpg?v=1750427837","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780743285124","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}