{"product_id":"a-darker-shade-of-blue-9781641517379","title":"A Darker Shade of Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Erie Hester Spencer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Litfire Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Litfire Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poignant coming of age story of a twelve-year-old, dark-skinned African-American girl named Rena, who grew up in a mulatto family in a small southern town during the 1940s and 50s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRena has to cope with the blatant racism of the time and the tensions over skin color within her own family. She is the first dark-skinned child born to a family of first-generation offspring of people of mixed white and black ancestry. She is forced to confront her mother's death with a family that sees her as an intruder. Thus, she embarks on a journey of discovery, uncovering family secrets surrounding her birth, her mother's mental illness, and the motives behind the indifference her family feels toward her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Litfire Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45125218992279,"sku":"9781641517379","price":690.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781641517379.webp?v=1767650774","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-darker-shade-of-blue-9781641517379","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}