{"product_id":"brothers-and-sisters-9780425227503","title":"Brothers and Sisters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"With wit and grace, Campbell shows how all our stories--white, black, male female--ultimately intertwine.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the smoldering embers of post-riot Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eBrothers and Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Bebe Moore Campbell's reputation for fiction that \"cuts close to the bone of real life\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Esther Jackson is a bank manager who's worked hard to keep her passions in check. Sensitive to injustice, but struggling against hostility and mistrust, she forms a tentative friendship with Mallory Post, a white coworker who seems sometimes to live in a different--and unreachable--world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when an attractive black man is hired as a senior vice president at the bank, with troubling and unexpected consequences for both of these women, Esther is forced to question her deepest loyalties and desire--and what really makes us \"brothers and sisters.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBebe Moore Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e was a bestselling author and a journalist. Her nonfiction work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorking Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAdweek\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She was a regular contributor to National Public Radio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was the author of such national, critically acclaimed bestsellers as \u003ci\u003eBrothers and Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSinging in the Comeback Choir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYour Blues Ain't Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStompin' at the Savoy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat You Owe Me\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the award-winning children's book, \u003ci\u003eSometimes My Mommy Gets Angry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCampbell was born and grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She taught elementary and middle school for five years. She is survived by her daughter, the actress Maia Campbell, and a son, Ellis Gordon III.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176215281938,"sku":"9780425227503","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb8704e8-239c-4aeb-a503-0ef22d4f1be7.jpg?v=1744296189","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brothers-and-sisters-9780425227503","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}