{"product_id":"other-peoples-skin-four-novellas-9781416542070","title":"Other People's Skin: Four Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eLed by bestselling author Tracy Price-Thompson, \u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of four novellas by four leading African American women writers that acknowledges, examines, and conquers the skin and hair topic among African American women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins, and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African American community: the self-hatred caused by intraracial prejudice and the ongoing obsession with skin tone and hair texture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins with TaRessa Stovall's \"My People, My People,\" in which a successful advertising executive acquires firsthand knowledge of prejudice when her clients insist on using light-skinned rather than dark-skinned models. Next comes Tracy Price-Thompson's award-winning story \"Other People's Skin,\" a tale set in 1970s Louisiana, where a dark-skinned young woman must come to terms with the bigotry of her light-skinned family. \"New Birth,\" by Desiree Cooper reveals the intense roles that money, class, and skin color play in the intraracial relationship between Catherine, a wealthy, light-skinned lawyer, and Lettie, her dark-skinned house cleaner. Finally, Elizabeth Atkin's \"Take It Off\" tells the story of a biracial girl who hides her coarse, braided hair from her friends at a mixed-race university in Detroit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is the most innovative and varied anthology of sisterhood and unity to date. Each novella entertains, challenges, and, most important, offers healing to the reader--no matter what her race, skin tone, or state of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracy Price-Thompson is a speaker, novelist, editor, retired United States Army Engineer Officer. She is a national bestselling author of nine novels including, \u003ci\u003eOther People's Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Blue Suede Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChocolate Sangria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Worth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKnockin' Boots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGather Together in My Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e1-900-A-N-Y-T-I-M-E\u003c\/i\u003e. Tracy is a highly decorated Desert Storm veteran who graduated from the Army's Infantry Officer Candidate School after more than ten years as an enlisted soldier. A Brooklyn, New York native who has traveled extensively and lived in amazing places around the world, Tracy now lives in Hawaii with her husband and several of their six children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415097348370,"sku":"9781416542070","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e5327e7-d04c-4a6c-8cfa-bd32474bcccd.jpg?v=1729394034","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/other-peoples-skin-four-novellas-9781416542070","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}