{"product_id":"passing-paperback-3","title":"Passing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrit Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Signet Classics edition of \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Half\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to her past--even hiding the truth from her racist husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Clare finds herself drawn to Irene's sense of ease and security with her Black identity and longs for the community (and, increasingly, the woman) she lost. Irene is both riveted and repulsed by Clare and her dangerous secret, as Clare begins to insert herself--and her deception--into every part of Irene's stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to \"pass,\" is as timely as ever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance, was born Nellie Walker in Chicago on April 13, 1891. Her father was mixed-race, her mother was a Danish immigrant, and she struggled to find a community to which to belong. After working for some years as a nurse, primarily in the Bronx, Larsen became the first black woman to graduate from the New York Public Library School and worked in various branches before landing in Harlem, the center of African-American culture. She became active in Harlem's artistic community and wrote her first novel, \u003ci\u003eQuicksand, \u003c\/i\u003e published in 1928. A critical though not financial success, it was awarded a Bronze Medal by the Harmon Foundation in recognition of Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes in Literature. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003ePassing, \u003c\/i\u003e came out the following year. Larsen was the first African-American woman to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship for creative writing. Due to personal and professional struggles following a highly publicized divorce, Larsen had stopped writing by the end of the 1930s. She resumed work as a nurse until her death in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn and raised in Southern California, \u003cb\u003eBrit Bennett \u003c\/b\u003egraduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and her second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Half\u003c\/i\u003e was an instant #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and in 2021, she was chosen as one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Next 100 Influential People. Her essays have been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and Jezebel.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Passing\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698945593407,"sku":"9780593437841","price":8.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/272253c821db4708eda74448b0832044.webp?v=1765011886","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/passing-paperback-3","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}