{"product_id":"old-house-and-red-neckties-grace-virtue-9798888243879","title":"Old House and Red Neckties: A Memoir of Race, Resilience, and Selfhood","description":"\". . . enlightening, poetically engaging, and deeply relevant to today's America, and for our world.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Kirandeep Singh Sirah, Storyteller, TEDx Speaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A modern-day Jamaican DeTocqueville, Grace critiques political and civil society and helps us see them in revealing new ways.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Matthew Creelman, Journalist, Guatemala\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely work that addresses the ways the construction of race goes beyond the Black-White dichotomies, particularly in the United States.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Curdella Forbes, PhD, Author, Professor of Caribbean Literature, Howard University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOld House and Red Neckties\u003c\/em\u003e, Grace Virtue weaves a powerful narrative, juxtaposing ideas of home and belonging against stark intergenerational poverty and systemic inequities-legacies of slavery and colonialism in her homeland, Jamaica. Migration to the United States, a coveted option for many, presents transformative opportunities, intertwined with displacement, disjuncture, and oppression-symbolized by a red necktie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed with the finest values of her village, Old House, Grace takes the reader on a journey through deeply complex spaces as she engages the world in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThought-provoking and inspirational, \u003cem\u003eOld House and Red Neckties\u003c\/em\u003e is about authenticity, resilience, and the unyielding spirit of one individual determined to live in dignity and freedom. It is also a clarion call to rethink our perceptions of poverty and oppression and work toward a more just world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Virtue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888243879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Koehler Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Grace Virtue","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45898743218431,"sku":"9798888243879","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77bea860-207f-45b6-af19-e281790ee9ff.jpg?v=1721376994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-house-and-red-neckties-grace-virtue-9798888243879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}