{"product_id":"book-y8mb","title":"The Original Human Beings","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if one orphaned Latina's truth could shift everything, we think we know about who on earth matters-and why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA girl the world forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA truth no one saw coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story that might change us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world treated her as necessary collateral damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe answered with music-a response of rediscovering humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world growing numb to cruelty. The original human Beings tell the inspirational story of a girl named Never- a Honduran orphan who escapes living in a Central American city dump and journeys north with a cello on her back. She is fighting to simply stay alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe alone could protect her hilarious little brother, Homero. She searched for a hero - but found a dreamy Nez Perce young man, the most athletic person she had ever seen, who helped her realize the hero was staring back at her in the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a romance as scandalous as it is soulful, with no promise of happily ever after - only truth.  She found refuge in Loco Lucy, the garbage dumps' foul-mouthed, delightfully deranged, vampire-dressing matriarch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was hunted by General Alejandro Mendoza-El Caudillo-a ruthless crime Lord who misbelieved he was her father and would burn down the world to control her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she was stalked by Alonzo Gomez, a seven-foot hitman with a French accent, a loaded pistol, and a soul darker than midnight - until she made him believe in something more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a high concept saga infused with magical realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt echoes with mythic power of new approach to Voltaire's Candide meets Cervantes Don Quixote's man of La Mancha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is how we remember what truly matters. This is how we broken walk out of the monster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The title -The Original Humans -got me. I had to discover the world Tim White was talking about. Brace yourselves, the ride is harrowing yet hopeful.\"   - Yareli Arizmendi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece from one of the best storytellers on the planet.\"  - Jodi Garza CEO, flyalaskaseaplanes.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50408147550512,"sku":"BDy8mb","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/y8mb-cover.jpg?v=1765530658","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-y8mb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}