{"product_id":"i-never-dreamed-youd-leave-in-summer-9798988180906","title":"I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8440760\"\u003eRobert Lashley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Lashley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988180906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC082000\"\u003eOwn Voices\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC065000\"\u003eEpistolary (Letters, Diaries, etc.)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Lashley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455647101165,"sku":"9798988180906","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_92137096-439c-4520-ae1c-1d06f7f517d9.jpg?v=1753532860","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/i-never-dreamed-youd-leave-in-summer-9798988180906","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}