{"product_id":"the-time-of-our-singing","title":"The Time of Our Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnificent  multifaceted novel about a supremely gifted -- and divided -- family  set against the backdrop of postwar America  On Easter day  1939  at Marian Andersons epochal concert on the Washington Mall  David Strom  a German Jewish migr scientist  meets Delia Daley  a young Philadelphia Negro studying to be a singer. Their mutual love of music draws them together  and--against all odds and better judgment--they marry. They vow to raise their children beyond time  beyond identity  steeped in song. But their three children must survive Americas brutal here and now. Jonah  Joseph  and Ruth grow up during the Civil Rights era  come of age in the violent 1960s  and live out adulthood in the racially retrenched late century. Jonah  the eldest  \"whose voice could make heads of state repent \" follows a life in his parents beloved classical music. Ruth  the youngest  chooses a militant activism and repudiates the white culture her brother represents. Joseph  the middle child and the narrator of this generational tale  struggles to remain connected to them both.  The Time of Our Singing is a story of self-invention  allegiance  race  cultural ownership  the compromised power of music  and the tangled loops of time that rewrite all belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946965692469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374277826","price":33.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374277826.jpg?v=1769975008","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-time-of-our-singing","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}