{"product_id":"perfect-peace","title":"Perfect Peace \/\/ A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs seen on TikTok, Daniel Black’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have—“a complex, imaginative story of one unforgettable black family in mid-twentieth century Arkansas” (\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, “You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain’t what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon’ be a boy. It’ll be a little strange at first, but you’ll get used to it, and this’ll be over after while.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom this point forward, Perfect’s life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events—while the rest of his family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A morality tale of the consequences of letting our selfish needs trap the ones we love into roles they weren’t born to play. The characters here are as flawed, their sins numerous, as any living human being held under the lens, but the author brings a compassion and understanding to their plights.”—Mat Johnson, award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Part cautionary tale, part folk tale, part fable, Daniel Black’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a complete triumph…In Emma Jean Peace, Dr. Black has created a character as complex, equivocal and unforgettable as Scarlett O'Hara.”—Larry Duplechan, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGot ’Til It’s Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Black\u003c\/strong\u003e is a native of Kansas City, Kansas, yet spent the majority of his childhood years in Blackwell, Arkansas. He is an associate professor at his alma mater, Clark Atlanta University, where he now aims to provide an example to young Americans of the importance of self-knowledge and communal commitment. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThey Tell Me of a Home \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Place\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: December 06, 2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780312571658\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.2 X 139.7 X 22.9 mm | 0.7 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Daniel Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49033658728683,"sku":"9780312571658","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780312571658.jpg?v=1783618238","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/perfect-peace","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}