{"product_id":"and-the-walls-came-down-paperback","title":"And the Walls Came Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenise Da Costa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A scintillating debut full of nuanced and achingly human characters.\" -- Zalika Reid-Benta, author of \u003ci\u003eFrying Plantain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in the low-income neighbourhood where she was raised, a young woman rediscovers the importance of community, home, and finding one's voice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust before the demolition of her childhood home in east Toronto, Delia Ellis returns to retrieve her beloved diary. Using it as a compass, she rediscovers life as a precocious teen growing up in the nineties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelia's writings reveal her anxieties following a move to Don Mount Court, a Toronto government housing complex, where she struggles to navigate life with an overprotective Jamaican mother and her father's inept replacement, \"Neville the nuisance.\" Delia's troubles compound when she enlists her naive younger sister in a scheme to reunite their parents and recapture the idealistic life she yearns for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet, through the lens of adulthood, Delia's entries take a wrecking ball to the perception of her parents' love story she'd long built up in her mind, uncovering a child's internalization of a failed marriage, poverty, and a mother come undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenise Da Costa is an author and visual artist. Born in Toronto, she spent her early years in Jamaica. She is a graduate of York University and Seneca College School of Communication Arts, and is an alumni of the Humber Creative Writing program. Her work explores the complications of love and the impact of class, gender, and race on identity. \u003ci\u003eAnd the Walls Came Down\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. She lives in St. Catharines, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.43 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170857783431,"sku":"9781459750364","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/78a14c1ac1b58beee78144bde932fe1a.webp?v=1733351209","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/and-the-walls-came-down-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}