{"product_id":"if-this-world-were-mine-9780385486569","title":"If This World Were Mine","description":"Four friends, all graduates of Hampton Institute, keep a collective journal they call \"If This World Were Mine,\" and share their personal diaries each month at a gathering filled with humor, gossip, and affirmation. The four group members are as different as the seasons, yet they all share a love of one another. Yolanda, a media consultant, keeps it going on with a no-nonsense attitude and independence that are balanced by the theatrics of Riley, a former marketing executive whose marriage has reduced her to a \"kept woman with kids.\" Computer engineer Dwight's anger at the world is offset by the compassion of Leland, a gay psychiatrist whose clients make him question why God ever invented sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut after five years, the once-strong bonds of friendship are weakening, and the group must handle challenges of work, lost love, and a stranger in their midst. As the group members confront their true feelings toward each other, resentments and long-held secrets surface, and the stability of the group begins to disintegrate. Is their past friendship strong enough to survive the future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Lynn Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is a nine-time \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author. His work includes the memoir \u003ci\u003eWhat Becomes of the Brokenhearted\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels\u003ci\u003e A Love of My Own, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJust as I Am, Any Way the Wind Blows \u003c\/i\u003e(all three of which were named Novel of the Year by the Blackboard African American Bestsellers), \u003ci\u003eI Say a Little Prayer, If This World Were Mine \u003c\/i\u003e(which\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence), and the classic\u003ci\u003e Invisible Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410811883794,"sku":"9780385486569","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc663c9e-3765-4a5b-b255-5220062b7794.jpg?v=1729308517","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/if-this-world-were-mine-9780385486569","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}