{"product_id":"leaving-9780312302870","title":"Leaving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Joseph Henry Jackson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePushcart Editors' Prize Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1959, newly-widowed and pregnant Ruby Washington and her thirteen-year-old half brother, Easton, board a bus in rural South Carolina, destined for Oakland, California. There, far from the violent events that forced her to flee her home, Ruby hopes to make a new life for her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuby gives birth to a daughter, Lida, and strives to raise the girl and Easton. But as their Oakland neighborhood changes during the turbulent 1960s, the three are driven apart by forces that Ruby cannot control. Easton becomes involved with civil rights activism and the Black Panthers; Lida, keeping a hurtful family secret to herself, spirals into a cycle of dependency and denial. Finally, Lida's sons Love LeRoy and Li'l Pit must fend for themselves in the inhospitable streets of America, leaving one city for another, searching for a home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentered around three generations of a family and set against the larger dispossession of African Americans, \u003ci\u003eLeaving\u003c\/i\u003e is a blend of history and intimately-observed everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312302870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Richard Dry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769652940981,"sku":"9780312302870","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f0e1254a-bd9a-44a7-906b-1f52e86e2a2a.jpg?v=1678834018","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leaving-9780312302870","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}