{"product_id":"9780349019635","title":"The Street","description":"Author: Ann Petry\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349019635\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the time she was born, she had been hemmed into an ever-narrowing space, until now she was very nearly walled in . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub. Having left her unreliable husband, Lutie believes that with hard work and resolve, she can begin again. But in her struggle to earn a respectable living amid the violence, poverty and racial dissonance of her surroundings, Lutie is soon trapped: she is a woman alone, 'too good-looking to be decent', with predators at every turn. The first book by a Black woman to sell more than a million copies, \u003ci\u003eThe Street \u003c\/i\u003ecombines the pace of a thriller with an unflinching portrait of injustice and hope.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduced by TAYARI JONES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The prose is clear, the plot is page-turning, the characters are utterly believable' CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like the human experience, this book is riddled with pain, but somehow powered by hope' TAYARI JONES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I've recently had my brain re-wired by Ann Petry, and it's that exhilarating feeling of falling in love with one of your lifetime writers for the first time' BRANDON TAYLOR","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491598454942,"sku":"ADS-9780349019635","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349019635.jpg?v=1770594773","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349019635","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}