{"product_id":"2940011831553","title":"Fish and Grits","description":"Set in the late 1970s, Fish and Grits is the story of 14-year old Kala Johnson, a protégé, forced to raise her younger siblings in the Fairhill Housing Project in Philadelphia. Broken into four parts, Fish and Grits highlights Kala’s “fish dreams” which take place before important events occur in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKala comes up with a plan to keep them together amidst the challenges of poverty, government interference, and a drug-addicted mother.  However, when one of the eight years old twin boys began to set deadly fires, and was saved from the police by their bank-robbing neighbor, Kala finds in him a friend and confidante.\u003cbr\u003e\"I can see every place, feel and smell the things Kala and the kids are going through.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir lives continued to unravel after their mother dies, but Aunt Charlie, their gay, ex-marine corps uncle, arrives just in time to rescue the family and to show Kala that true parental love really does exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFish and Grits cooks up a cast of characters and events that allow the reader to re-visit the pains and joys of their own childhood, while tackling some of the most controversial topics of the time.","brand":"Creativetina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181092684016,"sku":"2940011831553","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011831553_p0.jpg?v=1763550101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011831553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}