{"product_id":"the-friends","title":"The Friends","description":"A powerful, award-winning novel about friendship.\n\nPhyllisia Cathy—She is fourteen. Her problems seem overwhelming: New York, after life on her sunlit West Indies island, is cold, cruel and filthy. She is insulted daily and is beaten up by classmates. What Phyllisia needs, God not being interested, is a friend.\n\nEdith Jackson—She is fifteen. Her clothes are unpressed, her stockings bagging with big holes. Her knowledge of school is zero. She has no parents, she swears and she steals. But she is kind and offers her friendship and protection to Phyllisia. “And so begins the struggle that is the heart of this very important book: the fight to gain perception of one’s own real character; the grim struggle for self-knowledge.”—Alice Walker, The New York Times\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0440226678\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0440226678.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Guy, Rosa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Mass market 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":41448777646138,"sku":"DBV.0440226678.A","price":7.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0440226678-0.jpg?v=1780867880","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-friends","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}