{"product_id":"into-the-go-slow-paperback","title":"Into the Go-Slow - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBridgett M. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young black woman visits Africa on a quest for peace, meaning, and love in \"a beautiful allegory at the heart of a realist novel\" (Chris Abani, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secret History of Las Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1986 Detroit, twenty-one-year-old Angie is still mourning the death of her brilliant, radical sister, Ella, when she impulsively decides to pack up and go to the place where Ella tragically died four years before: Nigeria. There, Angie retraces her sister's steps, all the while navigating the chaotic landscape of a major African country on the brink of democracy and careening toward a coup d' tat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAt the center of her quest is a love affair that upends everything Angie thought she knew about herself. Against a backdrop of Nigeria's infamous \"go-slow\"--traffic as wild and unpredictable as the country itself--Angie begins to unravel the mysteries of the past, and opens herself up to love and life after Ella.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgett M. Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the memoir T\u003cem\u003ehe World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life In The Detroit Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the two novels \u003cem\u003eInto the Go-Slow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShifting Through Neutral\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Hurston\/Wright Award. She is writer\/director of the award-winning feature film \u003cem\u003eNaked Acts\u003c\/em\u003e, and a creative writing and journalism professor at Baruch College - City University of New York, where she is director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program. Her essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, LitHub, \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in Brooklyn with her family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47246973174009,"sku":"9781558618640","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cHBqQVAvaWN1dXcxSE5CbTBwMVA5Zz09.webp?v=1768620608","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/into-the-go-slow-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}