{"product_id":"inharmonious","title":"Inharmonious","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compelling love story--inspired by the author's own family history--set in the segregated South during and after World War II, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah's The Women and Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen three young Black men enlist in the US Army hoping to serve their country with honor, their lives are forever changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Pearl Harbor is attacked in 1941, Cora's brother Benny rushes to enlist against the wishes of Cora and her mother. Able to pass as white due to his pale skin and light eyes, Benny reports for duty only to realize he's been mistakenly enlisted as a white man in a racially segregated military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee has been friends with Benny ever since he was a troubled teenager, and he's been sweet on Cora for nearly as long. When Lee enlists without telling Cora, she is heartbroken and feels betrayed by the man she expected to spend the rest of her life with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, family friend Roscoe, encouraged by Benny, offers to marry Cora in order to ensure that she and her mother--who both remain home--will be provided for should Benny not make it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenny does return, but his new white identity leaves him struggling to find his place in between, in a country that only sees race. As America promises postwar prosperity to white veterans through the GI Bill, Black soldiers are excluded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the war may be over, the fight has only just begun for Cora, Lee, Benny, and Roscoe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54091737334070,"sku":"9798874868376","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/6893\/5734\/files\/9798874868376.jpg?v=1780511009","url":"https:\/\/kindredbook.shop\/products\/inharmonious","provider":"Kindred Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}