{"product_id":"the-house-on-mango-street-by-sandra-cisneros","title":"The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick • National Bestseller • Trending and on the Rise\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the\u003cstrong\u003e winner of the 2025 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creating unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House on Mango Street\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of \u003cstrong\u003eEsperanza Cordero, \u003c\/strong\u003egrowing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Sinclair Lewis’s \u003cem\u003eMain Street \u003c\/em\u003eor Toni Morrison’s \u003cem\u003eSula\u003c\/em\u003e, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50311425655099,"sku":"0679734775","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780679734772.jpg?v=1767735471","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-house-on-mango-street-by-sandra-cisneros","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}