{"product_id":"black-gold","title":"[Releasing Jan 12, 2027] Black Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young model is catapulted from her life in Jamaica to the international world of high fashion in this tender, powerful novel about the distance one woman must travel to find out what it means to be truly free--by the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePatsy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNestled within Jamaica's Blue Mountains, Cherry Village has belonged for generations to the Maroons--freed slaves descended from Faye's ancestor, the legendary Grandy Henrietta. But Faye's restless nature and independence have always marked her as different, and she dreams of a life beyond the rural coffee-farming community that follows the old ways. When Faye's mother is forced to sell their ancestral land after falling ill, Faye worries she will be trapped forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chance meeting with a modeling scout offers Faye the opportunity to save her family and pursue the freedom she craves. Her career will take her on a whirlwind journey of luxury and excess, love and adventure, as well as greed and deception. But her success will challenge everything she thought she knew about herself, forcing her to confront a legacy of pain, resilience, and survival that began generations before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story of land and river, myth and history, unbreakable hope and generational resilience, interwoven with Jamaican folklore and featuring an unforgettable heroine, \u003ci\u003eBlack Gold\u003c\/i\u003e further establishes Nicole Dennis-Benn as one of the most dynamic voices in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-reactive-container a-reactive-container-transition\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-content _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_peekableContent__hWM3i\" data-a-max-height=\"80\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Dennis-Benn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lambda Literary Award winner and New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship recipient. She's also a finalist for the 2016 John Leonard Prize National Book Critics Circle Award, the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the 2017 Young Lions Fiction Award for her debut novel, Here Comes the Sun— a New York Times Notable Book of the year, an NPR, Amazon, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Best Book of 2016. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Electric Literature, Ebony, and the Feminist Wire. She was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67851391762668,"sku":"9780593729304","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/81MrA8HGumL._SL1500.jpg?v=1792801285","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/black-gold","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}