{"product_id":"red-was-the-midnight-portia-tewogbade-9781732215702","title":"Red Was the Midnight","description":"Red Was the Midnight, is a riveting novel that intertwines the imaginative story of a striving \"colored\" family-three sisters and a brother-with an account of an actual race riot that roiled Atlanta for four days in September, 1906. In this page-turner, the author pulls you into the ambitions of Beatrice, the haughty eldest daughter; the adulterous affairs of Fat, the family's only son and a church deacon, who runs a thriving numbers and bootlegging racket; the return of their sister Mary Alice, after a mysterious seven-year absence; and the dilemma facing \"Fast Ruby,\" their youngest and prettiest sister, whose newborn daughter's milky complexion is shocking. As the family tries to cope with secrets, betrayals, sibling rivalry, and a host of other conflicts, the race riot-fueled by a contentious political campaign and hysterical, questionable newspaper headlines-throws them into a fight for their lives. Historical fiction, with a title taken from a poem, \"Litany of Atlanta\", by W. E. B. Du Bois, Red Was the Midnight follows events from a hundred years ago that eerily foreshadow those of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Portia Tewogbade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732215707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732215702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaduna River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Portia Tewogbade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979623071999,"sku":"9781732215702","price":11.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d051075-ef10-45d4-9260-144f2aed1982.jpg?v=1683246265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-was-the-midnight-portia-tewogbade-9781732215702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}