{"product_id":"in-the-blood-paperback-5","title":"In The Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trouble with K.C. Brown's dream of playing alto sax for a local jazz band is that she's a nineteen-year-old white girl, the band members are middle-aged black men, the year is 1948, and they all live in a racially divided town in Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To succeed, she and the band must overcome resistance from both sides of the color barrier, and accept that ambition often comes with loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Blood explores the cultural, sexual, generational, and economic issues in post-World War II America, framed in the context of a friendship and understanding that develops between K.C. and the band's ailing trombonist, Freddie Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about music, it's about cultural shifts, and it's about life. In the Blood is smartly written, with every musical term and description spot-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Diane Thayer, music educator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Blood is a tour de force.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Donald Schneider, Midwest Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67685719539935,"sku":"9781950586455","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VH8jdGAPV59781950586455.webp?v=1790571098","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/in-the-blood-paperback-5","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}