{"product_id":"the-last-thing-you-surrender-leonard-pitts-jr-9781572842458","title":"The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eCould you find the courage to do what's right in a world on fire?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pulitzer-winning journalist and bestselling novelist (\u003ci\u003eFreeman\u003c\/i\u003e) Leonard Pitts, Jr.'s new historical page-turner is a great American tale of race and war, following three characters from the Jim Crow South as they face the enormous changes World War II triggers in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An affluent white marine survives Pearl Harbor at the cost of a black messman's life only to be sent, wracked with guilt, to the Pacific and taken prisoner by the Japanese . . . a young black woman, widowed by the same events at Pearl, finds unexpected opportunity and a dangerous friendship in a segregated Alabama shipyard feeding the war . . . a black man, who as a child saw his parents brutally lynched, is conscripted to fight Nazis for a country he despises and discovers a new kind of patriotism in the all-black 761st Tank Battalion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set against a backdrop of violent racial conflict on both the front lines and the home front, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing You Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e explores the powerful moral struggles of individuals from a divided nation. What does it take to change someone's mind about race? \u003cb\u003eWhat does it take for a country and a people to move forward, transformed?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard Pitts Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1572842458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572842458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Agate Bolden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 24","brand":"Leonard Pitts Jr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049603887359,"sku":"9781572842458","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e92d2a3-28b7-4207-a201-8603f2388c49.jpg?v=1685002467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-thing-you-surrender-leonard-pitts-jr-9781572842458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}