{"product_id":"gone-missing-in-harlem-9780810143531","title":"Gone Missing in Harlem","description":"In her anticipated second novel, Karla Holloway evokes the resilience of a family whose journey traces the river of America's early twentieth century. The Mosby family, like other thousands, migrate from the loblolly-scented Carolinas north to the Harlem of their aspirations-with its promise of freedom and opportunities, sunlit boulevards, and elegant societies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The family arrives as Harlem staggers under the flu pandemic that follows the First World War. DeLilah Mosby and her daughter, Selma, meet difficulties with backbone and resolve to make a home for themselves in the city, and Selma has a baby, Chloe. As the Great Depression creeps across the world at the close of the twenties, however, the farsighted see hard times coming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The panic of the early thirties is embodied in the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of the nation's dashing young aviator, Charles Lindbergh. A transfixed public follows the manhunt in the press and on the radio. Then Chloe goes missing-but her disappearance does not draw the same attention. Wry and perceptive Weldon Haynie Thomas, the city's first \"colored\" policeman, takes the case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The urgent investigation tests Thomas's abilities to draw out the secrets Harlem harbors, untangling the color-coded connections and relationships that keep company with greed, ghosts, and grief. With nuanced characters, lush historical detail, and a lyrical voice, \u003ci\u003eGone Missing in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e affirms the restoring powers of home and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKARLA FC HOLLOWAY \u003c\/b\u003eis the James. B. Duke Professor Emerita of English and Law at Duke University, where her research and teaching have included African American literary and cultural studies, bioethics, gender, and law. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Death in Harlem: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, published by TriQuarterly Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50479406907666,"sku":"9780810143531","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ea62dcf-ee38-4cf1-8d45-50d8cba7777d.jpg?v=1730310521","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gone-missing-in-harlem-9780810143531","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}