{"product_id":"neighbors-and-other-stories","title":"Neighbors and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd she was becoming frightened too, looking at all those white faces pressed against the windowpanes.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Black family comes under attack as their little boy prepares to start at an all-white school. Friends plan a protest sit-in at the Rose Crest Tea Room, only to be arrested. The first Black student - always the 'Experiment' - retreats into her closet at a newly integrated college. And when a social worker enters a secluded woodland cabin, she meets the fate of all visitors .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTragically killed aged twenty-two in 1966, Diane Oliver's masterly stories resonate today with renewed urgency. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteeped in the nightmarish horror of life for the Black community in the Jim Crow-era American South, these chilling tales explore toxic racism and the human toll of activism for 'the cause' with heartbreaking empathy and wisdom. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDepicting African American families whole and broken, daily injustices and life-threatening political struggle, Neighbors restores a lost star to the twentieth-century literary canon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diane Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44425647227137,"sku":"9780571386086","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-625.png?v=1707046776","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/neighbors-and-other-stories","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}