{"product_id":"leaving-paperback","title":"Leaving - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Dry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Joseph Henry Jackson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePushcart Editors' Prize Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1959, newly-widowed and pregnant Ruby Washington and her thirteen-year-old half brother, Easton, board a bus in rural South Carolina, destined for Oakland, California. There, far from the violent events that forced her to flee her home, Ruby hopes to make a new life for her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuby gives birth to a daughter, Lida, and strives to raise the girl and Easton. But as their Oakland neighborhood changes during the turbulent 1960s, the three are driven apart by forces that Ruby cannot control. Easton becomes involved with civil rights activism and the Black Panthers; Lida, keeping a hurtful family secret to herself, spirals into a cycle of dependency and denial. Finally, Lida's sons Love LeRoy and Li'l Pit must fend for themselves in the inhospitable streets of America, leaving one city for another, searching for a home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentered around three generations of a family and set against the larger dispossession of African Americans, \u003ci\u003eLeaving\u003c\/i\u003e is a blend of history and intimately-observed everyday life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Dry\u003c\/b\u003e is an English instructor at Las Positas College and a former Senior Mental Health Assistant who worked with emotionally disturbed youth. \u003ci\u003eLeaving\u003c\/i\u003e won the Joseph Henry Jackson Award from the San Francisco Foundation and Intersection for the Arts and was nominated for the Pushcart Editor's Prize. Dry lives with his wife in El Cerrito, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134575251591,"sku":"9780312302870","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dce6c09e84f0662e3b077cd6ba1051f0.webp?v=1732642837","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/leaving-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}