{"product_id":"2940157088651","title":"Tales from the Levee","description":"\"Different is a brave thing to be,\" a mother tells her five-year-old daughter. During the 1960s and 1970s, when things for gays and lesbians were starting to change in larger cities, in the Midwest, different was not a safe thing to be. A memorable cast of characters, a sympathetic, believable, tight-knit community of friends and rivals, fill out the interconnected stories with butches, femmes, go-go dancers, and drag queens who try to find their way in an unaccepting culture by becoming a family of choice. Anyone who has ever been on the outside looking in will feel at home on \"the levee.\"","brand":"Bold Strokes Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168435978480,"sku":"2940157088651","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157088651_p0.jpg?v=1764095291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157088651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}