{"product_id":"passing-1","title":"Passing","description":"Nella Larsen’s fascinating exploration of race and identity—the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.\n\nThis Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half.\n\nOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\n\nIrene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to her past—even hiding the truth from her racist husband.\n\nClare finds herself drawn to Irene’s sense of ease and security with her Black identity and longs for the community (and, increasingly, the woman) she lost. Irene is both riveted and repulsed by Clare and her dangerous secret, as Clare begins to insert herself—and her deception—into every part of Irene’s stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen’s brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to “pass,” is as timely as ever.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593437845\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593437845.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Larsen, Nella\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: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41189229822010,"sku":"DBV.0593437845.A","price":4.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593437845-0_40e60742-3a4b-4e56-a8c1-33275a490073.jpg?v=1768584839","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/passing-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}