{"product_id":"tempest-rising-9780688166403","title":"Tempest Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClass, race, and sexuality converge in this page-turning story of desire, jealousy, and survival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in west Philadelphia in the early sixties, \u003cem\u003eTempest Rising\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of three sisters, Bliss, Victoria, and Shern, budding adolescents raised in a world of financial privilege among the upper-black-class. But their lives quickly unravel as their father's lucrative catering business collapses. When their father disappears suddenly, he is presumed dead, sending their mother spiraling into an apparent breakdown. The girls are wrenched from their mother and dumped into foster care in a working-class neighborhood in the home of Mae, a politically connected card shark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Mae lavishes affection onto her foster children, she is abusive to her own child, Ramona, a twenty-something stunning beauty. As Ramona struggles with Mae's abuse and her own hatred for the foster children, she also tries to keep at bay a powerful attraction she has for her boyfriend's father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTempest Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, McKinney-Whetstone richly evokes the early 1960s in west Philadelphia in this story of loss and healing, redemption, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688166403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.54w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 1096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e42978 \/ Tempest Rising\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diane McKinney-Whetstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45078694756533,"sku":"9780688166403","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5a87669d-97b9-4914-a8cc-4f0761faadd7.jpg?v=1738681313","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tempest-rising-9780688166403","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}