{"product_id":"in-the-blood-david-hoing-9781950586455","title":"In The Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe trouble with K.C. Brown's dream of playing alto sax for a local jazz band is that she's a nineteen-year-old white girl, the band members are middle-aged black men, the year is 1948, and they all live in a racially divided town in Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To succeed, she and the band must overcome resistance from both sides of the color barrier, and accept that ambition often comes with loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Blood explores the cultural, sexual, generational, and economic issues in post-World War II America, framed in the context of a friendship and understanding that develops between K.C. and the band's ailing trombonist, Freddie Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about music, it's about cultural shifts, and it's about life. In the Blood is smartly written, with every musical term and description spot-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Diane Thayer, music educator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Blood is a tour de force.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Donald Schneider, Midwest Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hoing, Roger Hileman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950586456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950586455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penmore Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"David Hoing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47203065200895,"sku":"9781950586455","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6295ef3-c349-4312-8518-ded38156ff6b.jpg?v=1756834224","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-blood-david-hoing-9781950586455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}