{"product_id":"strivers-a-novel","title":"Strivers \/\/ A Novel (Pre-order, Feb 16 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sly, thrilling novel of a murder that rocks Manhattan’s Black elite at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, making them question who they are, what they want, and where the bodies are buried—from the award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConjure Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat I won’t tell 'em is this—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeventy-seven-year-old Nadine Singleton isn’t going to give her grand-niece’s documentary film crew what they want. Sweating under camera lights, she’s had it with their questions about the skeletons hidden in every closet of the once-magnificent Mulberry Estate in Harlem—until a construction man finds a literal one, bones bleached with age, in the basement wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then she has to tell the story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s 1926 and when the sun goes down, 131st Street comes alive at Singleton’s, an underground speakeasy run by a young Nadine. Though she was once primly behaved, as one of Manhattan’s few Black debutantes, Nadine is now, to her mother’s great dismay, a bootlegging hedonist in men’s clothes, and the life of the clandestine party scene—but it all comes crashing down when her lover’s body turns up dead on the club’s doorstep. Frantic with grief but equally desperate to protect her speakeasy, she arranges for the body to be moved, setting off a chain of events that will shape the rest of her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the search for the killer heats up, Nadine’s not the only one with secrets. Her brother and business partner, is scarred from the war and wetting his beak in more ways than one. A crooked detective is desperate to solve the case to protect his reputation. A thief is stealing names and trying them on for size. An old sweetheart is caught at the crossroads as queer soirées and high society collide. And as Nadine's dreams fall to pieces, she just wants to understand how everything went so wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaut, twisty, and sophisticated, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrivers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings to life a glittering, Gatsby-esque world—and its shadows—as it asks how identity is made, how it can be transformed, and how we might bring our secrets into the light of day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAfia Atakora\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ghanaian American author of historical fiction. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eConjure Women\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Society of American Historians Prize, earner her a literary fellowship from the Lannan Foundation, and was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e Book Riot,\u003ci\u003e Parade,\u003c\/i\u003e and NPR. Atakora was born in the UK and divides her time between New York City and New Jersey, where she was raised and now lives with her husband and two daughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Random House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: February 16, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 400\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780525511519\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches | 1.3 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Afia Atakora","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Feb 16 2027) Hardcover","offer_id":49110345089259,"sku":"9780525511519","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/covercomingsoon_7eba1767-5ef2-452f-986d-47a0a763fc1a.png?v=1784937925","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/strivers-a-novel","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}