{"product_id":"lorraine-hansberry-the-life-behind-a-raisin-in-the-sun-9781250871060","title":"Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind a Raisin in the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moving story of the life of the woman behind \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, the most widely anthologized, read, and performed play of the American stage, by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eis listed by the National Theatre as one of the hundred most significant works of the twentieth century. Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway, and the first Black and youngest American playwright to win a New York Critics' Circle Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles J. Shields's authoritative biography of one of the twentieth century's most admired playwrights examines the parts of Lorraine Hansberry's life that have escaped public knowledge: the influence of her upper-class background, her fight for peace and nuclear disarmament, the reason why she embraced Communism during the Cold War, and her dependence on her white husband--her best friend, critic, and promoter. Many of the identity issues about class, sexuality, and race that she struggled with are relevant and urgent today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis dramatic telling of a passionate life--a very American life through self-reinvention--uses previously unpublished interviews with close friends in politics and theater, privately held correspondence, and deep research to reconcile old mysteries and raise new questions about a life not fully described until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250871060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Charles J. Shields","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599664910517,"sku":"9781250871060","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9d0d0045-9110-4d50-9706-ff547f83bfc9.jpg?v=1673999690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lorraine-hansberry-the-life-behind-a-raisin-in-the-sun-9781250871060","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}