{"product_id":"9780008516451","title":"The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers","description":"A TOP TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER          AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK          ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR                      `Astonishing. A great work infused with love and honesty' Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple                                `Deeply moving. it is magnificent' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life                                Immerse yourself in a celebration of Black womanhood and an epic tale of the stories that span generations.                       Ailey Pearl Garfield grows up between the City in the north and summers spent in her mother's small hometown of Chicasetta, Georgia. From an early age, she finds herself in a battle for belonging that's made all the more difficult by a hurt in her past, as well as the whispers of women-her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries-that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.             To come to terms with her identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her family's past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestors-Indigenous, Black, and white-in the deep South. In doing so Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story-and the song-of America itself.             `Mesmerising. magnificent' Independent                      `Astonishing. A great work infused with love and honesty' Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple                                `Gripping, gorgeous. A sweeping family saga that is also history at its most intimate and vital' Stef Penney, author of The Tenderness of Wolves                    LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION  SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE  LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN LITERARY PRIZE          20 Highest Rated Books on Goodreads 2025  New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year  Time 10 Best Books of the Year  Washington Post 10 Best Books of the Year  People 10 Best Books of the Year  Booklist 10 Best First Novels of the Year\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56221628170613,"sku":"9780008516451","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008516451.jpg?v=1762197596","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780008516451","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}