{"product_id":"the-street-1","title":"The Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the time she was born, she had been hemmed into an ever-narrowing space, until now she was very nearly walled in . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub. Having left her unreliable husband, Lutie believes that with hard work and resolve, she can begin again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut in her struggle to earn a respectable living amid the violence, poverty and racial dissonance of her surroundings, Lutie is soon trapped: she is a woman alone, 'too good-looking to be decent', with predators at every turn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first book by a Black woman to sell more than a million copies, \u003cem\u003eThe Street \u003c\/em\u003ecombines the pace of a thriller with an unflinching portrait of injustice and hope.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Petry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55042774434179,"sku":"9780349019635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2025-02-09T152756.669.png?v=1739114889","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/the-street-1","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}