{"product_id":"decent-people-9781635575323","title":"Decent People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and unforgettable novel of a Black community reeling from a triple homicide, and the secrets the killings reveal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a frenzy of finger-pointing, gossip, and wonder. The crime is the first reported murder in the area in decades, but the white authorities don't seem to have any interest in solving the case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFortunately, one person is determined to do more than talk. Miss Josephine Wright has just moved back to West Mills from New York City to retire and marry a childhood sweetheart, Olympus \"Lymp\" Seymore. When she discovers that the murder victims are Lymp's half-siblings, and that Lymp is one of West Mills's leading suspects, she sets out to prove his innocence. But as Jo investigates those who might know the most about the Harmons' deaths, she starts to discover more secrets than she'd ever imagined, and a host of cover-ups-ranging from medical misuse to illicit affairs-that could upend the reputations of many. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For readers of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBluebird, Bluebird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDecent People \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful new novel about shame, race, money, and the reckoning required to heal a fractured community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDe'Shawn Charles Winslow\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn West Mills\u003c\/i\u003e, a Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winner, an American Book Award recipient, and a Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction winner, and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook, Lambda Literary, and Publishing Triangle awards. He was born and raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717344989458,"sku":"9781635575323","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd6de4af-6fef-45ba-82c0-e8c8bbe8799d.jpg?v=1734615742","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/decent-people-9781635575323","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}