{"product_id":"because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart-0452265819","title":"Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0452265819\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oates, Joyce Carol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates adds to her extraordinary body of work with this stunning National Book Award Finalist filled with violence, love, racism, and a shared secret in mid-century New York.In the early 1950s in an industrial town, racial boundaries may keep people apart-or bring them together explosively. Iris Courtney, who is white, is the only witness when handsome Jinx Fairchild, a black basketball player, kills a white man in order to protect her.The secret link between Iris and Jinx is not only their attraction to each other, but a bond of passion and guilt that has formed between them. This one irrevocable, tragic act shapes their lives and alters their destinies in Joyce Carol Oatess finest, emotion-packed novel-a work critics call a masterpiece, the best work of Americas best writer of contemporary realism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51938085175584,"sku":"NEW0452265819","price":14.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71p9uswPNBL.jpg?v=1783113438","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/because-it-is-bitter-and-because-it-is-my-heart-0452265819","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}