{"product_id":"9780099453833","title":"The Time of Our Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Powers, Richard \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/02\/2004,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 640 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099453833,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an enthralling, wrenching novel about the lives and choices of one family, caught on the cusp of identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonah, Ruth and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents determined to raise them beyond time, beyond identity, steeped in song. Yet they cannot be protected from the world forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Even as Jonah becomes a successful young tenor, the opera arena remains fixated on his race. Ruth turns her back on classical music and disappears, dedicating herself to activism and a new relationship. As the years pass, Joseph – the middle child, a pianist and our narrator – must battle not just to remain connected to his siblings, but to forge a future of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  This is a story of the tragedy of race in America, told through the lives and choices of one family caught on the cusp of identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An epic novel of modern America that weaves ideas of race, music and science into a mysterious but satisfying tapestry... Endlessly fascinating’ Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697956356140,"sku":"9780099453833","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099453833.jpg?v=1722608967","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780099453833","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}