{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-langston-hughes","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780525509561 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593100936 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780451490964 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593100950 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes’s debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued for Union Square \u0026amp; Co.’s Herald Classics line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1930, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Sandy Rogers as a boy living in rural Kansas to his arrival in Chicago as a young man, set against a backdrop of poverty, racial segregation, and the onset of World War I. Orbiting Sandy are a host of vividly realized family members, including his mother Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father Jimboy, who plays guitar and is constantly in search of work; his aunts, blues-singing Aunt Harriet and social-climbing Aunt Tempy; and his pious, strong-willed grandmother Hager, who holds the generations together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePartly inspired by Langston Hughes’s early life in the Midwest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the debut novel of the literary giant, a sweeping and elegiac family drama that traces Black life in the early twentieth century, an important setting in the history of a racially divided America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47985603051768,"sku":"9781454964797","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0471\/2156\/3811\/files\/NotWithoutLaughter.png?v=1770946192","url":"https:\/\/www.sscarletsweb.com\/products\/not-without-laughter-langston-hughes","provider":"Sscarlet's Web Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}