{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-langston-hughes-9798903000524","title":"Not Without Laughter: A Rediscovered Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 1930, \u003cem\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e is Langston Hughes's quietly powerful coming-of-age novel set in a small Midwestern town in the early twentieth century. \u003c\/strong\u003eThrough the eyes of Sandy Rogers, Hughes traces the intimate rhythms of Black family life-work, migration, faith, ambition, disappointment, and resilience-during a period of profound social change. Unlike the fiery rhetoric often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, this novel is restrained, observant, and deeply humane. Hughes writes with clarity and sympathy, allowing everyday moments to carry emotional weight: a grandmother's moral authority, a mother's exhaustion, the lure of distant cities, and the fragile hopes of youth. Long overshadowed by Hughes's poetry, \u003cem\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e stands today as one of the most authentic literary portraits of African American life between Reconstruction and the Great Migration. It is a novel of endurance rather than protest, offering insight through lived experience rather than polemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscovered in its full literary significance, it remains a vital American classic. This edition follows the original published text, newly typeset for clarity and long-form reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798903000524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rediscovered Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e74684 \/ Not Without Laughter\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450470543615,"sku":"9798903000524","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66f4e369-745c-45e1-9558-fa172ed4d035.jpg?v=1777267937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-without-laughter-langston-hughes-9798903000524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}