{"product_id":"the-last-suspicious-holdout-stories-9780062979100","title":"The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fiercely intelligent, warm in their own way, and absolutely absorbing. . . . Excellent excellent excellent.\"--Roxane Gay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ladee Hubbard is a true original, and this book is a unique beauty.\"--Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rib King\u003c\/em\u003e returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of interlocking short stories including the title story written exclusively for this volume, that explore relationships between friends, family and strangers in a Black neighborhood over fifteen years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen gripping tales In \u003cem\u003eThe Last Suspicious Holdout\u003c\/em\u003e, the new story collection by award-winning author Ladee Hubbard, deftly chronicle poignant moments in the lives of an African American community located in a \"sliver of southern suburbia.\" Spanning from 1992 to 2007, the stories represent a period during which the Black middle-class expanded while stories of \"welfare Queens,\" \"crack babies,\" and \"super predators\" abounded in the media. In \"False Cognates,\" a formerly incarcerated attorney struggles with raising the tuition to keep his troubled son in an elite private school. In \"There He Go,\" a young girl whose mother moves constantly clings to a picture of the grandfather she doesn't know but invents stories of his greatness. Characters spotlighted in one story reappear in another, providing a stunning testament to the enduring resilience of Black people as they navigate the \"post-racial\" period \u003cem\u003eThe Last Suspicious Holdout\u003c\/em\u003e so vividly portrays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062979100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs","brand":"Ladee Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589513220277,"sku":"9780062979100","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9fb528f0-3363-4f53-97e1-06c3fbf4028b.jpg?v=1673326318","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-suspicious-holdout-stories-9780062979100","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}