{"product_id":"bricktops-paris-t-denean-sharpley-whiting-9781438455013","title":"Bricktop's Paris: African American Women in Paris Between the Two World Wars","description":"2015 \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the Jazz Age, France became a place where an African American woman could realize personal freedom and creativity, in narrative or in performance, in clay or on canvas, in life and in love. These women were participants in the life of the American expatriate colony, which included F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Cole Porter, and they commingled with bohemian avant-garde writers and artists like Picasso, Breton, Colette, and Matisse. \u003ci\u003eBricktop's Paris\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to twenty-five of these women and the city they encountered. Following this nonfiction account, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting provides a fictionalized autobiography of Ada \"Bricktop\" Smith, which brings the players from the world of nonfiction into a Paris whose elegance masks a thriving underworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438455011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438455013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045244825855,"sku":"9781438455013","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17d9d362-3fe7-4cae-b80d-5c41e20f428d.jpg?v=1684977601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bricktops-paris-t-denean-sharpley-whiting-9781438455013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}