{"product_id":"9781454964797","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"\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 Originally published in 1930, \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Partly inspired by Langston Hughes’s early life in the Midwest, \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42945913847869,"sku":"9781454964797","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781454964797_p0.jpg?v=1771590525","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781454964797","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}