{"product_id":"1959-a-novel","title":"1959: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThulani Davis's 1959 is a powerful, poignant coming-of-age novel that captures a dramatic moment in American history as clearly as a photograph. It's the summer of 1959 and Willie Tarrant of Turner, Virginia, is twelve. Her father and other adults in the town are worried about integration -- how it will affect their children's safety and the quality of their education -- but for Willie it's just another problem she's going to have to deal with, like her chores and beginning to go out with boys. Willie and her friends -- kids from good families with good grades -- are being groomed to be sent in the first wave. Before this can happen, though, eight black college students, wearing suits and fresh haircuts, go into the Woolworth's lunch counter -- changing everything. In 1959 one of the most talented writers of her generation has written a book that will become a classic of civil rights literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: 2001, USA\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 297\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9780802138316\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 0802138314\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thulani Davis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44357955420426,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9780802138316.jpg?v=1677415285","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/1959-a-novel","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}