{"product_id":"the-chinaberry-tree-a-novel-of-american-life-paperback","title":"The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessie Redmon Fauset\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdultery, incest, and questions of racial identity simmer beneath the tranquil surface of suburban life in this novel, set in a small New Jersey town of the early 1900s. Lovely young Laurentine is obsessed with her bad blood, inherited from a common-law interracial union. Proud and independent, she longs for the respectability of a conventional marriage. Laurentine's vivacious and self-confident cousin, Melissa, also aspires to marry up. But a family secret shadows Melissa's dreams and ambitions as she approaches an explosive revelation.\u003cbr\u003eAfrican-American editor, poet, essayist, and novelist Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance. An editor of the NAACP magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis, \u003c\/i\u003e she was also an editor and co-author of the African-American children's magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrownies' Book. \u003c\/i\u003eHer third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chinaberry Tree, \u003c\/i\u003edraws upon elements of Greek tragedy in its powerful depiction of interracial love and marriage. The tale also offers a modern perspective on the struggle of its African-American heroines toward self-knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.44 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756242338080,"sku":"9780486493220","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f70d21d0669fcce3f73b43f52627d774.webp?v=1780077339","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-chinaberry-tree-a-novel-of-american-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}