{"product_id":"this-brutal-house-niven-govinden-9781646052677","title":"This Brutal House","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet across the arc of an active protest and the lives behind it - a group of silent Mothers, and one of their children now working for the city - \u003ci\u003eThis Brutal House\u003c\/i\u003e explores a group's resilience, trauma, and determination to hold truth to power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the steps of New York's City Hall, five aging Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the Ballroom community - queer people who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing, their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle and commemorate their loss until justice is served. Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he is now charged with brokering an uneasy truce. Set across the arc of the Mothers' protest and the lives behind it, \u003ci\u003eThis Brutal House\u003c\/i\u003e explores a group's resilience, trauma, and determination to hold truth to power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith echoes of James Baldwin, Marilynne Robinson and Rachel Kushner, Niven Govinden asks what happens when a generation remembered for a single, lavish decade has been forced to grow up, and what it means to be a parent in a confused and complex society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niven Govinden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646052676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646052677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023","brand":"Niven Govinden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132689871103,"sku":"9781646052677","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90956f08-5c25-4a66-95f0-249fe7e564ec.jpg?v=1687481710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-brutal-house-niven-govinden-9781646052677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}