{"product_id":"get-down-paperback","title":"Get Down: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsali Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsali Solomon's characters are vivid misfits--a heathen at Jesus camp, a scheming prep-school student, a middle-aged mom pining for her salsa-dancing salad days, a scheming twentysomething virgin, a college stud in love with his weight-lifting partner, a lonely girl in love with a yellow dress. The kids in \u003ci\u003eGet Down \u003c\/i\u003eare trapped between their own good breeding and their burning desire to join the house party of sex, romance, and bad behavior that seems to be happening on some other block, down some other, more dangerous street. \u003ci\u003eGet Down \u003c\/i\u003eis, in the words of Edward P. Jones, \"touching and sensitively observed . . . from the first word to the last.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsali Solomon \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Philadelphia. \u003ci\u003eGet Down\u003c\/i\u003e, her first book, earned her a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, was chosen as one of the National Book Foundation's \"5 Under 35\" for 2007, and was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134156607623,"sku":"9780374531461","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7cc40ab1f07ceb8612c7a7d16305832b.webp?v=1732639513","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/get-down-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}