{"product_id":"red-was-the-midnight-9781732215702","title":"Red Was the Midnight","description":"Red Was the Midnight, is a riveting novel that intertwines the imaginative story of a striving \"colored\" family-three sisters and a brother-with an account of an actual race riot that roiled Atlanta for four days in September, 1906. In this page-turner, the author pulls you into the ambitions of Beatrice, the haughty eldest daughter; the adulterous affairs of Fat, the family's only son and a church deacon, who runs a thriving numbers and bootlegging racket; the return of their sister Mary Alice, after a mysterious seven-year absence; and the dilemma facing \"Fast Ruby,\" their youngest and prettiest sister, whose newborn daughter's milky complexion is shocking. As the family tries to cope with secrets, betrayals, sibling rivalry, and a host of other conflicts, the race riot-fueled by a contentious political campaign and hysterical, questionable newspaper headlines-throws them into a fight for their lives. Historical fiction, with a title taken from a poem, \"Litany of Atlanta,\" by W. E. B. Du Bois, Red Was the Midnight follows events from a hundred years ago that eerily foreshadow those of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tewogbade, Portia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaduna River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732215702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d","brand":"Portia Tewogbade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749845250123,"sku":"9781732215702","price":11.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_fbe61d1a-5e3e-4e89-9cbd-0edc21211419.jpg?v=1597798128","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/red-was-the-midnight-9781732215702","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}