{"product_id":"9780349019635","title":"The Street","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Petry, Ann \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 January 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Virago Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 198 x 28 | 328g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the time she was born, she had been hemmed into an ever-narrowing space, until now she was very nearly walled in . . .  New York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub. Having left her unreliable husband, Lutie believes that with hard work and resolve, she can begin again. But in her struggle to earn a respectable living amid the violence, poverty and racial dissonance of her surroundings, Lutie is soon trapped: she is a woman alone, 'too good-looking to be decent', with predators at every turn. The first book by a Black woman to sell more than a million copies, The Street combines the pace of a thriller with an unflinching portrait of injustice and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduced by TAYARI JONES'The prose is clear, the plot is page-turning, the characters are utterly believable' CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE'Like the human experience, this book is riddled with pain, but somehow powered by hope' TAYARI JONES'I've recently had my brain re-wired by Ann Petry, and it's that exhilarating feeling of falling in love with one of your lifetime writers for the first time' BRANDON TAYLOR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335450743043,"sku":"9780349019635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780349019635_7d0fe8fa-3562-463c-a20e-fa095d0c94b2.jpg?v=1741604014","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780349019635","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}