{"product_id":"leaving-atlanta-paperback-1","title":"Leaving Atlanta - 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\u003eTayari Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Oprah's Book Club Selection \u003ci\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, here is a beautifully evocative novel that proves why Tayari Jones is \"one of the most important voices of her generation\" (\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e It was the end of summer, a summer during the two-year nightmare in which Atlanta's African-American children were vanishing and twenty-nine would be found murdered by 1982. Here fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The moving story of their struggle to grow up-and survive- shimmers with the piercing, ineffable quality of childhood, as it captures all the hurts and little wins, the all-too-sudden changes, and the merciless, outside forces that can sweep the young into adulthood and forever shape their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR TAYARI JONES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tayari Jones is blessed with vision\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to see through to the surprising and devastating truths at the heart of ordinary lives, strength \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eto wrest those truths free, and a gift of language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to lay it all out, compelling and clear.\" -- Michael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tayari Jones has emerged as one of the most important voices of her generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of America's finest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" -- Nylon.com\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tayari Jones is a wonderful storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTayari Jones is the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eSilver Sparrow, The Untelling, Leaving Atlanta, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e An American Marriage, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was an Oprah's Book Club Selection and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize), Aspen Words Prize, and an NAACP Image Award, as well as appearing on Barack Obama's summer reading list and year-end roundup. She holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. She is an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47242011869433,"sku":"9781538742105","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Y0xtMERBb2doQ3lZdENTL0MzYjNQdz09_fe4728c1-f55a-4aff-a266-07a9958b110b.webp?v=1768584912","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/leaving-atlanta-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}