{"product_id":"9780440338390","title":"When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood","description":"BONUS: This edition contains a \u003ci\u003eWhen Skateboards Will Be Free\u003c\/i\u003e discussion guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“The revolution is not only inevitable, it is imminent. It is not only imminent,  it is quite imminent. And when the time comes, my father will lead it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWith a profound  gift for capturing the absurd in life, and a deadpan wisdom that comes from surviving  a surreal childhood in the Socialist Workers Party, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh has crafted  an unsentimental, funny, heartbreaking memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Saïd’s Iranian-born father and American  Jewish mother had one thing in common: their unshakable conviction that the workers’  revolution was coming. Separated since their son was nine months old, they each  pursued a dream of the perfect socialist society. Pinballing with his mother between  makeshift Pittsburgh apartments, falling asleep at party meetings, longing for the  luxuries he’s taught to despise, Said waits for the revolution that never, ever arrives.  “Soon,” his mother assures him, while his long-absent father quixotically runs as  a socialist candidate for president in an Iran about to fall under the ayatollahs.  Then comes the hostage crisis. The uproar that follows is the first time Saïd hears  the word “Iran” in school. There he is suddenly forced to confront the combustible  stew of his identity: as an American, an Iranian, a Jew, a socialist... and a middle-school  kid who loves football and video games. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poised perfectly between tragedy and farce,  here is a story by a brilliant young writer struggling to break away from the powerful  mythologies of his upbringing and create a life—and a voice—of his own. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’ s memoir is unforgettable.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104545718512,"sku":"9780440338390","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780440338390_p0.jpg?v=1763702054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780440338390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}