{"product_id":"2940169349535","title":"Invisible Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJust a few years ago, E. Lynn Harris was selling his self-published novel \u003ci\u003eInvisible Life\u003c\/i\u003e out of the back of his car. Today he is a bestselling publishing sensation, with more than one million copies of his four novels sold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young man's coming of age. Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming more and more conscious of  sexual feelings that he knew weren't \"right.\" He was completely committed to Sela, his longtime girlfriend, but his attraction to Kelvin, whom he had met during his last year in law school, had become more than just a friendship. No matter how much he tried to suppress them, his feelings were deeply sexual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than ever before. New relationships--both male and female--give him enormous pleasure but keep him from finding the inner peace and lasting love he so desperately desires. The horrible illness and death of a friend force Raymond, at last, to face the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Life\u003c\/i\u003e has been hailed as \"one of the most thought-provoking books--since James Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Voice\u003c\/i\u003e), and Harris's \"stories have become the toast of bookstores, reading groups, men, women, and gay and straight people\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161625444592,"sku":"2940169349535","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169349535_p0.jpg?v=1763680476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169349535","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}