{"product_id":"a-kind-of-freedom-9781619029224","title":"A Kind of Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003e A 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This luminous and assured first novel shines an unflinching, compassionate light on three generations of a black family in New Orleans, emphasizing endurance more than damage.\" --The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jackie's son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didn't survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over--until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619029224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Margaret Wilkerson Sexton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749562986571,"sku":"9781619029224","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_324e1757-b3ec-4bae-9b5b-f8a2a2b30e44.jpg?v=1597791471","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/a-kind-of-freedom-9781619029224","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}