{"product_id":"book-g4o0","title":"Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e, Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba … and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eTo help ease her mami's \u003cem\u003enervios\u003c\/em\u003e, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her awkward \u003cem\u003edesarrollo\u003c\/em\u003e, or puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eShe abandons the piano for the high school cheerleading team and reinvents herself, becoming both skinny and popular. However, as a first-generation adolescent born in the United States, Yvonne wrestles with the conflict between the cultural norms of her Hispanic\/Latino heritage and American societal expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003ePlagued by doubt and low self-esteem, Yvonne begins a vicious cycle of weight gain and loss as she battles bulimia nervosa. Beleaguered by feelings of guilt, shame, and inferiority, she develops anxiety, depression, and a reliance on dangerous coping mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eUltimately, sage advice from her dear abuela in Guadalajara, Mexico, guides Yvonne to a realization that shifts her perspective of herself and the purpose of her life, providing a foundation for inner peace and \u003cem\u003ela solución\u003c\/em\u003e to her past struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49291160092976,"sku":"BDg4o0","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49291160158512,"sku":"ZEg4o0","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49291160191280,"sku":"ZMg4o0","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g4o0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775966795","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g4o0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}