{"product_id":"daddy-was-a-number-runner-contemporary-classics-by-women","title":"Daddy Was a Number Runner (Contemporary Classics by Women)","description":"This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).\nDepression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it’s both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved “daddy” of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie’s brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is already in a gang. Francie is a dreamer, too, but there are risks in everything from going to the movies to walking down the block, and her pragmatism eventually outweighs her hope; “We was all poor and black and apt to stay that way, and that was that.”\nFirst published in 1970, Daddy Was a Number Runner is one of the seminal novels of the black experience in America. The New York Times Book Review proclaimed it “a most important novel.”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1558614427\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1558614427.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Baldwin, James|Meriwether, Louise\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41509117329466,"sku":"DBV.1558614427.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1558614427-0.jpg?v=1783388398","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/daddy-was-a-number-runner-contemporary-classics-by-women","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}