{"product_id":"days-of-grace-9780345386816","title":"Days of Grace","description":"\"Touching and courageous...All of it--the man, the life, the book--is rare and beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN\u003cbr\u003eDAYS OF GRACE is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person with AIDS. Frank, revealing, touching--DAYS OF GRACE is the story of a man felled to soon. It remains as his legacy to us all....\u003cbr\u003eAN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Ashe\u003c\/b\u003e (1943-1993) was a tennis champion, AIDS activist, and tireless crusader for racial and social justice. He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad, \u003c\/b\u003e the Sarah Hart Kimball Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Stanford University, has also taught at Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers Universities. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes \u003c\/i\u003e(two volumes); biographies of W. E. B. Du Bois, Jackie Robinson, and Ralph Ellison; and, with Arthur Ashe, \u003ci\u003eDays of Grace: A Memoir.\u003c\/i\u003e Among his numerous awards and honors are a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1991 and the National Humanities Medal, presented at the White House in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902204711186,"sku":"9780345386816","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ae4d636-42b9-4c60-85aa-6850e9950db6.jpg?v=1738449471","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/days-of-grace-9780345386816","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}