{"product_id":"9780099453833-time-of-our-singing","title":"The Time of Our Singing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJonah, Joseph and Ruth are the children of mixed-race parents determined to protect them from the grinding effects of race. Hothouse children, they are all musically talented, but they cannot be protected from the world for long.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/i\u003e, an enthralling, wrenching novel about the lives and choices of one family, caught on the cusp of identities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonah, Ruth and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents determined to raise them beyond time, beyond identity, steeped in song. Yet they cannot be protected from the world forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Even as Jonah becomes a successful young tenor, the opera arena remains fixated on his race. Ruth turns her back on classical music and disappears, dedicating herself to activism and a new relationship. As the years pass, Joseph – the middle child, a pianist and our narrator – must battle not just to remain connected to his siblings, but to forge a future of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is a story of the tragedy of race in America, told through the lives and choices of one family caught on the cusp of identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An epic novel of modern America that weaves ideas of race, music and science into a mysterious but satisfying tapestry. Endlessly fascinating’ \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30351241150561,"sku":"9780099453833","price":11.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32280933.jpg?v=1737117281","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099453833-time-of-our-singing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}