{"product_id":"9780759616141","title":"The Kojo Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Gatten’s \u003ci\u003eThe Kojo Hand \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about people pursuing their dreams--mainly a young woman in college and her friend and out-of-the classroom teacher Kojo Dedu, a scholar from Ghana with a calling to produce positive social change.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe story is told from the point of view of Deanie Hollins, a nineteen-year-old student at a fictional university on Long Island.  The story takes place in the spring and summer of 1972 and moves forward through questions and answers raised by Kojo’s possible connection with a \u003ci\u003ecoup d’ etat\u003c\/i\u003e in his homeland and by Deanie’s part-time work as a model in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJD Reed, Senior Editor, \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eFree Fall \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Pursuit of D. B. Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e, says of the manuscript: “\u003ci\u003eThe Kojo Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful novel.  It’s a kind of \u003ci\u003eShane\u003c\/i\u003e for baby-boomers with a neat twist.  Making teacher and student different sexes is a fine touch.  Kojo is a truly magnificent character.  I wish I’d known him.  The cast is great.”\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJohn Stewart, Professor of African-American and African Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, and author of \u003ci\u003eLast Cool Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCurving Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor the Ancestors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLooking for Josephine\u003c\/i\u003e, says of the manuscript: “ . . . the range of experiences and the ways the characters persist in their world are handled with considerable insight.  There are some nice things there.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDr. Marcellette G. Williams, Interim Chancellor and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, says of the manuscript: “Gatten's handling of his female narrator's point of view is deft and refreshingly \"faithful to the grain\" (to borrow from Kojo Dedu’s phrasing), as is his handling of the narrator's feelings about love in her relationship with her lover, managing even to \"incorporate the knots into the overall design.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107201958128,"sku":"9780759616141","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780759616141_p0.jpg?v=1763638962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780759616141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}