{"product_id":"now-in-november-9781668004227","title":"Now in November","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Josephine Johnson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World Literature - American - Colonial \u0026amp; Revolutionary Perio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lost gem of twentieth-century literature, Josephine Johnson's 1934 Pulitzer Prize-winning \"exquisite...heartbreakingly real\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003enovel follows a year in the life of a family struggling to survive the Dust Bowl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished when Josephine Johnson was only twenty-four years old, \u003ci\u003eNow in November \u003c\/i\u003emade Johnson the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1935. It is a beautifully told account of one farming family's challenges to scrape by and earn a living from mortgaged land over the course of a single year, narrated by one of three sisters--the introspective and thoughtful Margaret. As the household is ravaged by Depression-era hardship and the environmental blights of the Dust Bowl, the family's unique vulnerabilities are pushed to a breaking point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a style typical of Johnson's body of work, \u003ci\u003eNow in November \u003c\/i\u003eis strikingly ahead of its time, grappling with questions of mental health, worker's rights, as well as gender, race, and class and is ready to be rediscovered by a new generation of readers.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45131535057047,"sku":"9781668004227","price":1351.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781668004227.webp?v=1767906257","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/now-in-november-9781668004227","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}