{"product_id":"shifting-through-neutral-9780060572501","title":"Shifting Through Neutral","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot yet a woman yet more than a little girl, Rae Dodson is caught up in her family's drama. Her hip older sister, Kimmie, whom her mother favors, has moved from New Orleans to join them in Detroit, a city that moves as if in synch with the Stevie Wonder tunes that play giddily from new automobiles fresh off the factory lots. Her bid whist-playing mother is as nervous as ever, and her father's chronic migraines seem less responsive to medication. And while they all occupy the same house, they might as well be living separate lives. When the tenuous peace finally breaks, Rae must decide where her loyalties lie: should she choose her emotionally distant mother, whom she adores, or her affectionate but needy father? Rae does choose and launches into a rich, loving relationship with her dad, for whom she shows a fierce, undying loyalty. But as she matures, she must find a way amid her own budding sexuality to be both Daddy's girl and her own woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavis, Bridgett M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridgett M. Davis \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life In The Detroit Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice, named a Best Book of 2019 by \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003eand featured as a clue on \u003cem\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/em\u003e She is author of two novels, \u003cem\u003eInto the Go-Slow, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShifting Through Neutral\u003c\/em\u003e. Davis is also writer\/director of the award-winning film \u003cem\u003eNaked Acts, \u003c\/em\u003e which was recently re-released to critical acclaim. She is Professor Emerita at Baruch College (CUNY) and the Graduate Center, where she taught creative, narrative and film writing. Her essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLA Times, \u003c\/em\u003e among other publications. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia Journalism School, she lives in Brooklyn with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414701474066,"sku":"9780060572501","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2bb48fc-6187-45c4-a837-a6f32557743c.jpg?v=1751126386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shifting-through-neutral-9780060572501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}