{"product_id":"9780803240292","title":"Twelfth and Race","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife takes a strange turn when Richard Allan Gordon, thirty years old and as white as they come, discovers that, as a result of identity theft, five-year-old Jada Reece Gordon bears his name. The product of a  middle-class Jewish upbringing, Richie finds himself completely in love and lust with Jada’s mother, LaTisha, a twenty-five-year-old African American nursing student, and longs to be a father to her child.  \u003cbr\u003eRichie and LaTisha’s story takes place at the intersection of love, race, and identity, as the couple is forced to examine their relationship in light of a terrible event that takes the life of a young black father and catapults their midwestern city into chaos. As riots erupt around them and Richie discovers a secret about his own past that challenges his long-held ideas, he and LaTisha must come to grips with the forces that threaten to tear their relationship apart. A novel that doesn’t shy away from the racism that dwells within the unexamined hearts of so many Americans, \u003ci\u003eTwelfth and Race\u003c\/i\u003e may shock or outrage some readers, yet its story is ultimately timely, honest, and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128774410480,"sku":"9780803240292","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803240292_p0.jpg?v=1763727843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803240292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}