{"product_id":"the-chinaberry-tree-jessie-redmon-fauset-9780486493220","title":"The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life","description":"Adultery, incest, and questions of racial identity simmer beneath the tranquil surface of suburban life in this novel, set in a small New Jersey town of the early 1900s. Lovely young Laurentine is obsessed with her bad blood, inherited from a common-law interracial union. Proud and independent, she longs for the respectability of a conventional marriage. Laurentine's vivacious and self-confident cousin, Melissa, also aspires to marry up. But a family secret shadows Melissa's dreams and ambitions as she approaches an explosive revelation.\u003cbr\u003eAfrican-American editor, poet, essayist, and novelist Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance. An editor of the NAACP magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis, \u003c\/i\u003e she was also an editor and co-author of the African-American children's magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrownies' Book. \u003c\/i\u003eHer third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chinaberry Tree, \u003c\/i\u003edraws upon elements of Greek tragedy in its powerful depiction of interracial love and marriage. The tale also offers a modern perspective on the struggle of its African-American heroines toward self-knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessie Redmon Fauset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486493229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486493220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.61w x 0.70d","brand":"Jessie Redmon Fauset","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043532009727,"sku":"9780486493220","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c418eeb0-d67c-4e37-8a80-75076e85563b.jpg?v=1684967693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chinaberry-tree-jessie-redmon-fauset-9780486493220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}