{"product_id":"other-mother-1","title":"Other Mother","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOther Mother\u003c\/h1\u003eRachel M Harper\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003eMay 1 2023\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781640095922\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1640095926\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"extraordinary\" page-turning generational saga about a young man's search for a parent he never knew, and a moving portrait of motherhood, race, and the truths we hide in the name of family (Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami. He arrives at Brown University on a scholarship--but also to learn more about his late father, Jasper Patterson, a famous ballet dancer who died tragically when Jenry was two. On his search, he meets his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a legendary professor of African American history and a fixture at the Ivy League school, who explodes his world with one question: Why is Jenry so focused on Jasper, when it was Winston's daughter, Juliet, who was romantically involved with Jenry's mother? Juliet is the parent he should be looking for--his other mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevelation follows revelation as each member of Jenry's family steps forward to tell the story of his origin, uncovering a web of secrecy that binds this family together even as it keeps them apart. Moving seamlessly between the past and the present, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, ambitious novel that celebrates the complexities of love and resilience--masterfully exploring the intersections of race, class, and sexuality; the role of biology in defining who belongs to whom; and the complicated truth of what it means to be a family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390924587053,"sku":"19566","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_06922c3f-3bc4-4763-be83-bff70431a458.jpg?v=1787349367","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/other-mother-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}