{"product_id":"born-in-1997","title":"Born in 1997: The Social Connection Builder","description":"\u003cp class=\"tl\"\u003eMaking Friends Across the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"hook\"\u003eBorn in 1997? Then you remember sending forty nudges a night, counting the notes on a post you made at fourteen, and the family group chat where everybody finally wrote \"bendición\" in the same place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bdg-split\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"banner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"icon\"\u003e📖\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis is a story book.\u003c\/b\u003e A first-person coming-of-age novel about someone born in 1997, growing up through the real events, songs, toys and prices of their decades.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe story\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eArroz con leche, me quiero casar. Natalia's grandmother sang it to her over the phone every night at eight o'clock for six years, from a kitchen in the mountains of Utuado to a cordless phone in Bayamon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1997: The Social Connection Builder is a first-person life story of a girl born in August 1997 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Her father is a government clerk. Her mother is a pharmacy technician. Her grandparents farm coffee in the hills, and her brother Javier sets up her first MSN account on the family computer. Nati grows up with a family that lives on the island and far from it, and the book is told through the screens that kept them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a Monday in 2006 when the government closes and her father comes home with his tie in his pocket. There is a first contact list with nine people on it, a Tumblr fandom with a friend in Seoul, and a WhatsApp group created the night her brother leaves for Orlando. There are cousins in a group called Primas, a student assembly, and the days after Hurricane Maria, when generators hum all night. A job as a theater usher, a summer of protest in 2019, a quake at 4:24 in the morning, and a graduation by Zoom follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe ends up working in a strip-mall office in Kissimmee, and at last on a porch with her grandmother, while the family tunes in from everywhere for a ninetieth birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter titles come from the names of the groups and places in the story, from Contactos to Familia to Luz Ya. A timeline of 1997, famous people born that year, and a look at what the year means in other cultures are included at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt makes a heartfelt gift for anyone who grew up with family on the screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA few things that happened in 1997\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul class=\"facts\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1997-01-20\u003c\/b\u003e — Bill Clinton is sworn in for his second term\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1997-02-22\u003c\/b\u003e — Scottish scientists announce Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1997-04-13\u003c\/b\u003e — Tiger Woods, 21, wins the Masters by a record 12 strokes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1997-05-11\u003c\/b\u003e — IBM's Deep Blue computer beats world chess champion Garry Kasparov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1997-06-26\u003c\/b\u003e — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published in Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAlso born in 1997\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul class=\"facts\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMalala Yousafzai\u003c\/b\u003e — Education activist; at 17, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSimone Biles\u003c\/b\u003e — Gymnast; seven Olympic gold medals and the most decorated gymnast in world championship history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNaomi Osaka\u003c\/b\u003e — Tennis player; four Grand Slam singles titles and the first Asian player ranked No. 1 in singles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarcus Rashford\u003c\/b\u003e — Soccer forward; Manchester United and England, also known for his campaign for free school meals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKylie Jenner\u003c\/b\u003e — Media personality and entrepreneur; founded Kylie Cosmetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"NostalgiaGift","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":48946813501601,"sku":"BI-1997-PDF","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":48946813534369,"sku":"BI-1997-SOFT","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48946813567137,"sku":"BI-1997-HARD","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/nostalgiagift.com\/products\/born-in-1997","provider":"Nostalgia Gift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}