{"product_id":"third-girl-from-the-left-9780618773381","title":"Third Girl from the Left","description":"At the center of this dazzling novel is Angela, a twenty-year-old beauty who leaves the stifling conformity of Oklahoma to search for fame during the rise of blaxploitation cinema in Los Angeles. But for her mother, Mildred, a strait-laced survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race riots, Angela's acting career is unforgivable, and the distance between them grows into a silence that lasts for years. It is only when Angela's daughter, Tamara, a filmmaker, sets out to close the rift between them that the women are forced to confront all that has been left unspoken in their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBold and beautifully written, Third Girl from the Left deftly explores the bonds of family and the inextricable pull of the movies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthgate, Martha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - MARTHA SOUTHGATE was born and raised in Cleveland. She received her B.A. from Smith College and an M.F.A. from Goddard College. She has been an editor at Essence, a reporter for Premiere and the New York Daily News, and a contributor to the New York Times. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Fall of Rome. Southgate lives in Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460599124242,"sku":"9780618773381","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_612efd16-22af-47eb-a03e-40706e961d0b.jpg?v=1730043799","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/third-girl-from-the-left-9780618773381","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}