{"product_id":"speaking-of-summer-9781640091917","title":"Speaking of Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"powerful song about what it means to survive as a woman in America\" (Jesmyn Ward), this \"fiercely astute\" novel follows a sister determined to uncover the truth about her twin's disappearance (Tayari Jones).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold December evening, Autumn Spencer's twin sister, Summer, walks to the roof of their shared Harlem brownstone and is never seen again. The door to the roof is locked, and the snow holds only one set of footprints. Faced with authorities indifferent to another missing Black woman, Autumn must pursue the search for her sister all on her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her friends and neighbors, Autumn pretends to hold up through the crisis. But the loss becomes too great, the mystery too inexplicable, and Autumn starts to unravel, all the while becoming obsessed with the various murders of local women and the men who kill them, thinking their stories and society's complacency toward them might shed light on what really happened to her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, critically acclaimed author Kalisha Buckhanon has created a fast-paced story of urban peril and victim invisibility, and the fight to discover the complicated truths at the heart of every family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kalisha Buckhanon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663889559708,"sku":"9781640091917","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_462eecc0-d4df-436d-b023-36ec54836eb0.jpg?v=1603905305","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/speaking-of-summer-9781640091917","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}