{"product_id":"9781617750359","title":"The Warmest December","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Toni Morrison, author of \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it’s familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this \u003ci\u003ePrecious\u003c\/i\u003e-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Warmest December\u003c\/i\u003e is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055603826928,"sku":"9781617750359","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750359_p0.jpg?v=1763851748","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}