{"product_id":"beyond-all-sense-and-reason-mike-diccicco-9798985318920","title":"Beyond All Sense and Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's not so easy being colored, is it?\" I asked him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJackie half-smiled at my remark.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Nope,\" he said. \"It's not. Not always. Not every day.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife can be complicated when you're a fifteen year-old white male, with eight siblings, a twin sister, a best friend who's African American, and a racist girlfriend who's the daughter of an arrogant, hot-tempered member of the Ku Klux Klan. Especially if you're growing up in 1963, the Civil Rights era, in Birmingham, Alabama, a place once widely known as the \u003cem\u003eMost Segregated City in America\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the hometown of Mickey McQuade, his twin sister Marti, and Mickey's best friend Jackie Thomas, ordinary teenagers living in extraordinary times, forced to confront an unstable, hate-laden, and sometimes violent world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond All Sense and Reason\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut novel of Mike Diccicco, award-winning Philadelphia ad copywriter turned author, someone who grew up during the sixties in Birmingham, who lived through a time of anger, bigotry and tumult, and who still remembers the heroic people and historic moments that changed American society forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Diccicco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985318926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985318920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mi-Bet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Mike Diccicco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990030319871,"sku":"9798985318920","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d34b1e6d-6a84-4023-b049-38150aadd81a.jpg?v=1683302634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-all-sense-and-reason-mike-diccicco-9798985318920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}