{"product_id":"now-in-november-9781668004227","title":"Now in November","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lost gem of twentieth-century literature, Josephine Johnson's 1934 Pulitzer Prize-winning \"exquisite...heartbreakingly real\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003enovel follows a year in the life of a family struggling to survive the Dust Bowl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished when Josephine Johnson was only twenty-four years old, \u003ci\u003eNow in November \u003c\/i\u003emade Johnson the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1935. It is a beautifully told account of one farming family's challenges to scrape by and earn a living from mortgaged land over the course of a single year, narrated by one of three sisters--the introspective and thoughtful Margaret. As the household is ravaged by Depression-era hardship and the environmental blights of the Dust Bowl, the family's unique vulnerabilities are pushed to a breaking point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a style typical of Johnson's body of work, \u003ci\u003eNow in November \u003c\/i\u003eis strikingly ahead of its time, grappling with questions of mental health, worker's rights, as well as gender, race, and class and is ready to be rediscovered by a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668004227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Josephine Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42148898898101,"sku":"9781668004227","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f647b6e3-e6e5-4224-b8a6-c4e16d1b8483.jpg?v=1653486247","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/now-in-november-9781668004227","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}