{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-by-langston-hughes","title":"Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1930, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/span\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartly inspired by Langston Hughes’s early life in the Midwest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/span\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback.","offer_id":56154618167462,"sku":"9781454964797","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/81gfIAfqdTL._SY466.jpg?v=1769873476","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/not-without-laughter-by-langston-hughes","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}