{"product_id":"9780815611394","title":"Mona Passage : A Novel by Thomas Bardenwerper","description":"Mona Passage is the story of two neighbors in San Juan, Puerto Rico: Gal?n Betances, a Cuban emigrant, and Pat McAllister, a young Coast Guard officer. During long evenings spent together talking on their Calle Luna rooftop, a deep friendship develops based on shared traumas and a common desire to heal.   When Gal?n learns that his sister, Gabriela, is going to be committed to a mental health facility in Cuba, he plans her escape to Puerto Rico. Pat, whose Coast Guard cutter patrols the Mona Passage for drug traffickers and migrants, warns Gal?n that such a journey will be treacherous-perhaps fatal. Aware of the dangers but determined for Gabriela to live a full life, Gal?n hands over all the money he has to a Dominican smuggler based out of a San Juan nightclub, and Gabriela begins her terrifying journey.   Knowing that his cutter may be all that separates Gal?n and Gabriela-and haunted by the human suffering he has witnessed at sea-Pat must decide. Will he remain true to his oath, as his older brother had done in Iraq? Or will he risk his own future-and perhaps his freedom-for his closest friend?On a moonless night, two armed vessels converge in the Mona Passage, and three lives change forever.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294907871605,"sku":"9780815611394","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780815611394.jpg?v=1762766454","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780815611394","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}