{"product_id":"the-third-generation-chester-himes-9780593686683","title":"The Third Generation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a powerful autobiographical novel about a black family tortured by colorism as it strives to live up to the myth of the Black middle class in white, post-war America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLillian Taylor has three sons, a comfortable house, and a well-liked husband who teaches at a local college. But her contempt for her family's dark complexion infects this bright world until it begins to come undone. As one troubling incident leads to another, her husband is pushed to an ever more precarious existence and her best-loved son, Charles, sinks into a life of vice in the perilous borderland between black and white society. With piercing insight and emotional depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Generation \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the unraveling of a black family plagued by the pernicious psychological effects of racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chester Himes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593686683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593686683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Chester Himes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431518589183,"sku":"9780593686683","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c7487ca-f0f9-48b5-880b-51a74aba0c63.jpg?v=1735141577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-third-generation-chester-himes-9780593686683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}