{"product_id":"libertie-9781432886530","title":"Libertie","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Pure brilliance. So much will be written about Kaitlyn Greenidge's \u003ci\u003eLibertie\u003c\/i\u003e--how it blends history and magic into a new kind of telling, how it spins the past to draw deft circles around our present--but none of it will measure up to the singular joy of reading this book.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMira Jacob, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Talk \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The critically acclaimed and Whiting Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWe Love You, Charlie Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e returns with an unforgettable story about the meaning of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson was all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, had a vision for their future together: Libertie would go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie, drawn more to music than science, feels stifled by her mother's choices and is hungry for something else--is there really only one way to have an autonomous life? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother \u003cbr\u003e who can pass, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it--for herself and for generations to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States and rich with historical detail, Kaitlyn Greenidge's new novel resonates in our times and is perfect for readers of Brit Bennett, Min Jin Lee, and Yaa Gyasi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenidge, Kaitlyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432886530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Kaitlyn Greenidge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39267817848907,"sku":"9781432886530","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_df7a3b8f-b504-4104-b601-bab4fa4a54a3.jpg?v=1615909172","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/libertie-9781432886530","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}