{"product_id":"i-never-dreamed-youd-leave-in-summer-paperback-3","title":"I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Lashley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is an epistolary novel telling the story of a young Black student navigating campus politics, community tensions, and his own guilt over his past life as a drug runner. He finds space for atonement working at a beauty salon, but as scandal erupts fate takes a haunting, complex turn that encompasses radical politics, sexism, and racism. Contrasting campus satire with an ode to the working-class culture of a Black beauty shop, \u003cem\u003eI Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer\u003c\/em\u003e presents a complex parable on the question of grace, who needs it, who is scared of it, who runs from it, and who struggles to accept it. Drawing from \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrows Of Young Werther\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is a protest novel that breaks every rule of protest novels and is a ferocious, irreverent, yet compassionate read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49298258886795,"sku":"9798988180906","price":35.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/iZrQsxvJpI9798988180906_36a8609a-846c-445d-8ee8-2b77b854c61e.webp?v=1788343844","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/i-never-dreamed-youd-leave-in-summer-paperback-3","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}