{"product_id":"blonde-roots-paperback","title":"Blonde Roots - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and \"dizzying satire\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"boldly turns history on its head\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e) from the Man Booker Prize winning author of\u003ci\u003e Girl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans? How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and the insidious racism that still lingers today? We see this tragicomic world turned upside down through the eyes of Doris, an Englishwoman enslaved and taken to the New World, movingly recounting experiences of tremendous hardship and the dreams of the people she has left behind, all while journeying toward an escape into freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A poignant and dramatic story grounded in provocative ideas, \u003ci\u003eBlonde Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuinely original, profoundly imaginative novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London to a Nigerian father and an English mother. Her first novel, \u003cb\u003eLara\u003c\/b\u003e, won the EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards) Best Book Award in 1999. A former Poet in Residence at the Museum of London, she won an Arts Council of Britain Writers' Award in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7.78 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760445423904,"sku":"9781594484346","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f869644859506dfb2c09d35ca226cc1.webp?v=1780180055","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blonde-roots-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}