{"product_id":"black-baby-white-hands-jaiya-john-9780971330818","title":"Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is only months following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the nation is burning. Black and White America are locked in the tense grip of massive change. Into this inferno steps an unsuspecting young White couple. Neither truly knew even a single African American person while growing up. Now, a child will change all of that forever. Over the fateful years to come, a Black child becomes perhaps the first in the history of New Mexico to be adopted by a White family.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHere is a brazenly honest glimpse into the mind and heart of that child, a true story for the ages that flows like a soulful river-separated from his mother at birth, placed into foster care, adopted, and finally reunited with his biological family in adulthood-an astounding journey of personal discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaiya John has opened the floodgates on his own childhood with this piercing memoir. \u003cem\u003eBlack Baby White Hands\u003c\/em\u003e, a waterfall of jazz splashing over the rocks of love, pain and the honoring of family. Magically, this book finds a way to sing as it cries, and to exude compassion even as it dispels well-entrenched myths. This story is sure to find itself well worn, stained by tears, and brushed by laughter in the lap of parents, adolescents, educators, students and professionals. Here comes the rain and the sunshine, all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaiya John\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0971330816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780971330818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soul Water Rising\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.51w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 44","brand":"Jaiya John","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994938605823,"sku":"9780971330818","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b56e18f-5794-4ec5-a8eb-ffef71ea926c.jpg?v=1683333067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-baby-white-hands-jaiya-john-9780971330818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}