{"product_id":"the-mango-tree-a-memoir-of-fruit-florida-and-felony-hardcover","title":"The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnabelle Tometich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Food Books to Read This Spring \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This \"witty, humorous, and heartfelt\" (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich's life, from growing up in Florida as the child of a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn't expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail. And when she accepts, she certainly isn't prepared to hear her mother's voice on the other end of the line. However, explaining the situation to her younger siblings afterwards was easy; all she had to say was, \"Mom shot at some guy. He was messing with her mangoes.\" They immediately understood. Answering the questions of the breaking-news reporter--at the same newspaper where Annabelle worked as a restaurant critic--proved more difficult. Annabelle decided to go with a variation of the truth: it was complicated. \u003cp\u003e So begins \u003ci\u003eThe Mango Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, a poignant and deceptively entertaining memoir of growing up as a mixed-race Filipina \"nobody\" in suburban Florida as Annabelle traces the roots of her upbringing--all the while reckoning with her erratic father's untimely death in a Fort Myers motel, her fiery mother's bitter yearning for the country she left behind, and her own journey in the pursuit of belonging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With clear-eyed compassion and piercing honesty, \u003ci\u003eThe Mango Tree \u003c\/i\u003eis a family saga that navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle's life, from her childhood days in an overflowing house flooded by balikbayan boxes, vegetation, and juicy mangoes, to her winding path from medical school hopeful to restaurant critic. It is a love letter to her fellow Filipino Americans, her lost younger self, and the beloved fruit tree at the heart of her family. But above all, it is an ode to Annabelle's hot-blooded, whip-smart mother Josefina, a woman who made a life and a home of her own, and without whom Annabelle would not have herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnabelle Tometich went from medical-school flunky to line cook to journalist to author. She spent eighteen years as a food writer, editor, and restaurant critic for \u003ci\u003eThe News-Press\u003c\/i\u003e in her hometown of Fort Myers, Florida. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, USA Today, Catapult, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and many more publications. Tometich has won more than a dozen awards for her stories, including first place for Features Writing from the Florida Society of News Editors in 2020. She (still) lives in Fort Myers with her husband, two children, and her ever-fiery Filipina mother. You can find her online at annabelleTM.co\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987366936877,"sku":"9780316540322","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/4Uy7spUphm9780316540322.webp?v=1776178294","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-mango-tree-a-memoir-of-fruit-florida-and-felony-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}