{"product_id":"leaving-atlanta-9781538742105","title":"Leaving Atlanta","description":"\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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538742105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Tayari Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599681589429,"sku":"9781538742105","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4129ff6f-3fe6-4a18-be21-ab40fb1ff1c6.jpg?v=1673999903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leaving-atlanta-9781538742105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}