{"product_id":"rainbow-milk-paperback","title":"Rainbow Milk - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Mendez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAn essential and revelatory coming-of-age novel from a thrilling new voice, \u003ci\u003eRainbow Milk\u003c\/i\u003e follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso has immigrated to Britain from Jamaica with his wife and children in order to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community, and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity and turns to sex work, music, and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity, and spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A wholly original novel as tender as it is visceral, \u003ci\u003eRainbow Milk\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold reckoning with race, class, sexuality, freedom, and religion across generations, time, and cultures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL MENDEZ was born and raised in the Black Country. He now lives in London and is studying for an M.A. in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been a performing member of two theatre companies and worked as a voice actor, appearing on audiobooks by Andrea Levy, Paul Theroux, and Ben Okri, most recently recording Ian Wright's \u003ci\u003eA Life in Football\u003c\/i\u003e for Hachette Audio. As a writer, he has contributed to the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBrixton Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRainbow Milk\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697944727615,"sku":"9780593313077","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9ad9a8b6dc204d19d083d7d179db5932.webp?v=1765009818","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rainbow-milk-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}