{"product_id":"confrontations-simone-antangana-bekono-9781639730919","title":"Confrontations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, unsettling, surprisingly tender debut novel for readers of Jesmyn Ward and \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSalomé Atabong is the sixteen-year-old daughter of a Cameroonian father and a Dutch mother, living in the Netherlands. She arrives at a juvenile detention center to start a six-month sentence for a violent crime, which she did commit but does not regret. Expected to visit with a racist psychologist and perform her apologies, Salomé refuses to atone. But even if Salomé could get home, it would be no refuge: her father has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer, and her elder sister Miriam's main preoccupation is to get out of the village as soon as possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter months in the prison system, she realizes she must come to terms with the real reason behind her rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw and unsentimental yet lyrical, \u003ci\u003eConfrontations\u003c\/i\u003e captures the paradoxical demands society makes on Black women, the way communities, schools, and the prison system perpetuate racism, and the cost of Black female defiance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone Antangana Bekono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639730915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639730919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.75w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023","brand":"Simone Antangana Bekono","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365404012799,"sku":"9781639730919","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b92e32ca-efdc-4df1-9ca3-68c19a552756.jpg?v=1697058330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confrontations-simone-antangana-bekono-9781639730919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}