{"product_id":"red-now-and-laters-9781476776859","title":"Red Now and Laters","description":"\"Guillory's complex and mesmerizing novel spans numerous eras of family history and southern folklore, offering a haunting yet soulful portrait of a neglected American culture\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Ti John, a young boy growing up in Texan Creole culture in the 1980s, the decade of Reaganomics, disco music, and the candy of choice--red Now and Laters. Raised in a Black Creole family by a voodoo-practicing father and strict Catholic mother, he is blessed with a special gift: spiritual healing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut life in the Houston ghetto where he lives is never easy. Ti John struggles to remain an ordinary kid, but even with a rodeo-star father he idolizes and the help of supernatural guides, nothing can shield Ti John from the roughness of inner-city life. He witnesses violence and death, gets his heart broken by girls, feels the anger of his own embittered father, struggles to live up to his mother's middle-class aspirations--all while trying to become the man he's expected to be. Will Ti John fall prey to the bad side of life--or will he recognize and hold on to the good? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMultilayered and multigenerational, this tremendous literary debut breathes new life into the coming-of-age novel through \"a truly unforgettable world of spirits and magical men\" (Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of \u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eRed Now and Laters\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and uniquely American story, as memorable and flavorful as the candy itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476776859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Marcus J. Guillory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652482756764,"sku":"9781476776859","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_403953e5-2347-4b61-adc9-f6c0036d2c2c.jpg?v=1603879873","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-now-and-laters-9781476776859","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}