{"product_id":"tumbling","title":"Tumbling","description":"Diane McKinney-Whetstone's lyrical first novel, \"Tumbling,\" vividly captures a tightly knit \u003cbr\u003eAfrican-American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the forties and fifties. Its central \u003cbr\u003echaracters, Herbie and Noon, are a loving but unconventional couple whose marriage remains \u003cbr\u003eunconsummated for many years as Noon struggles to repossess her sexuality after a brutal \u003cbr\u003eattack in her past. While she seeks salvation in the church, Herbie gains sexual gratification \u003cbr\u003ein the arms of a bewitching jazz singer named Ethel, a woman who profoundly affects both \u003cbr\u003eNoon's and Herbie's lives when she leaves with them, first, a baby girl and then later, a \u003cbr\u003efive-year-old named Liz. \u003cbr\u003eWhen a road planned by the city council threatens to break up this South Philadelphia \u003cbr\u003eneighborhood, the community must band together. Unexpectedly, Noon rises up and takes \u003cbr\u003ethe lead in the opposition, fighting for all she's worth to keep her family and community together. \u003cbr\u003e \"Tumbling\" is a beautiftilly rendered, poignant story about the ties that bind us and the secrets \u003cbr\u003ethat keep us apart. With striking lyricism, Diane McKinney-Whetstone keenly guides us through \u003cbr\u003ethe world of community, family, and the human heart. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943553466599,"sku":"9780061792120","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_d47ede23-f3d6-4e5a-ae3f-56af77ec3b9f.jpg?v=1775325790","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/tumbling","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}