{"product_id":"there-is-confusion-paperback-1","title":"There Is Confusion - 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\u003eJessie Redmon Fauset\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMorgan Jerkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis, \u003c\/i\u003ethe official magazine of the NAACP\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Morgan Jerkins\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in early-twentieth-century New York City, \u003ci\u003eThere Is Confusion \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of three Black children: Joanna Marshall, a talented dancer willing to sacrifice everything for success; Maggie Ellersley, an extraordinarily beautiful girl determined to leave her working-class background behind; and Peter Bye, a clever would-be surgeon who is driven by his love for Joanna. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As children, Maggie, Joanna, and Peter support one another's dreams, but as young adults, romance threatens to upset the balance of their friendship. One afternoon, Joanna makes two irrevocable decisions--and sets off a chain of events that wreaks havoc with all of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published to immense critical acclaim in 1924, written with an Austen-like eye for social dynamics, \u003ci\u003eThere Is Confusion \u003c\/i\u003eis an unjustly forgotten classic that celebrates Black ambition, love, and the struggle for equality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAMERICAN INDIAN STORIES - THE AWAKENING - THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY - THE HEADS OF CERBERUS - LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET - LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS - PASSING - THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN - VILLETTE - THERE IS CONFUSION - THE SELECTED POEMS OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) \u003c\/b\u003ewas the daughter of an African Methodist Episcopal minister. She attended Cornell University, where she studied Latin, Greek, German, and French, and became one of the first Black women elected to Phi Beta Kappa. According to some sources she studied at the Sorbonne before earning her M.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania. Fauset began contributing to \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, the official magazine of the NAACP, in 1912. By 1919, she was its literary editor, becoming the first person to publish Langston Hughes's and Gwendolyn Bennett's poetry as well as shaping the careers of Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228495986937,"sku":"9780593134429","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZWxsMVlzRi9sajZrekxaRjB1MUluQT09_82810c8f-7d3f-41a8-8008-bf6efc3845de.webp?v=1768290887","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/there-is-confusion-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}