{"product_id":"9781416571544","title":"Other People's Skin: Four Novellas","description":"In \u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African-American community: the self-hatred caused by intra-racial prejudice and the ongoing obsession with skin tone and hair texture. In other words, the skin\/hair thang among black women. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It begins with TaRessa Stovall's \"My People, My People,\" in which a successful advertising executive acquires firsthand knowledge of prejudice when her clients insist on using light- rather than dark-skinned models. Next comes Tracy Price-Thompson's award-winning story \"Other People's Skin,\" a tale set in 1970s Louisiana, where a dark-skinned young woman must come to terms with the bigotry of her light-skinned family. \"New Birth,\" by Desiree Cooper reveals the intense roles that money, class, and skin color play in the intra-racial relationship between Catherine, a wealthy, light-skinned lawyer, and Lettie, her dark-skinned house cleaner. Finally, Elizabeth Atkin's \"Take It Off\" tells the story of a biracial girl who hides her coarse, braided hair from her friends at a mixed-race university in Detroit. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is the most innovative and varied anthology of sisterhood and unity to date. Each novella entertains, challenges, and, most important, offers healing to the reader -- no matter what her race, skin tone, or state of mind.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138571059440,"sku":"9781416571544","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416571544_p0.jpg?v=1763726722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416571544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}