{"product_id":"9780061792120","title":"Tumbling","description":"By: Diane McKinney-Whetstone     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Warm and intimate. . . . An accomplished novel, with sharply drawn characters, exuberant prose, plenty of period detail and a wise, forgiving outlook on family life.” — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTumbling\u003c\/em\u003e is the beloved bestselling debut novel that launched the luminous career of Diane McKinney Whetstone, critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eTempest Rising, Blues Dancing, Leaving Cecil Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrading Dreams at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e. Writing in a style as accessible as Terry McMillan, yet with the literary touches of Toni Morrison, McKinney Whetstone’s \u003cem\u003eTumbling\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant, exquisitely rendered story of the ties that bind us and the secrets that keep us apart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoon and Herbie are deeply in love and living in a tightly knit African American neighborhood in South Philadelphia during the 1940s. But their marriage remains unconsummated because of a horrible incident in Noon's past, so each seeks comfort elsewhere: Noon in the warm acceptance of the neighborhood church; Herbie in the arms of Ethel, a jazz singer. Then one day an infant girl is left on their doorstep, and later Ethel blesses them with her five-year-old niece. Suddenly and unexpectedly a family, Herbie, Noon, and their two girls draw closer—until an outside threat reawakens a fire in Noon, causing her to rise up and fight to hold her family and her community together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47335559856355,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780061792120","price":112.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780061792120.jpg?v=1760708329","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780061792120","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}