{"product_id":"the-living-is-easy-9781936932979","title":"The Living Is Easy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn insightful, witty novel set in early twentieth-century black Boston by the Harlem Renaissance's youngest member.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A powerful work.\" --\u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first novel by Dorothy West--author of\u003cem\u003e The Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e--was one of only a handful to be published by black women during the 1940s. \u003cem\u003eThe Living Is Easy\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Cleo Judson, daughter of Southern sharecroppers, determined to integrate into Boston's black elite. Married to the \"Black Banana King\" Bart Judson, Cleo maneuvers her three sisters and their children--but not their husbands--into living with her, attempting to recreate her original family in a Bostonian mansion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in elegant and piercing prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Living Is Easy \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic of American literature by a groundbreaking African American woman writer whose work deserves widespread and enduring recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy West\u003c\/strong\u003e (1907-1998) shared the coveted \u003cem\u003eOpportunity\u003c\/em\u003e short-story prize with Zora Neale Hurston in 1927 and later moved to New York, where she became the youngest of the writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance. West founded and edited the influential African American literary magazine the \u003cem\u003eChallenge\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e New Challenge\u003c\/em\u003e. Also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Richer, The Poorer\u003c\/em\u003e, she lived on Martha's Vineyard until her death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Dorothy West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671197118620,"sku":"9781936932979","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_72bc135a-ff1a-4548-b3f8-32dd386c4b0c.jpg?v=1603924808","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-living-is-easy-9781936932979","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}