{"product_id":"we-love-you-charlie-freeman-9781616206444","title":"We Love You, Charlie Freeman","description":"\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2016 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE 2017 YOUNG LIONS AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Kaitlyn Greenidge's second novel, \u003ci\u003eLibertie\u003c\/i\u003e, which is available now  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A terrifically auspicious debut.\" --Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Smart, timely and powerful . . . A rich examination of America's treatment of race, and the ways we attempt to discuss and confront it today.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected because they know sign language; they are supposed to teach it to Charlie and welcome him as a member of their family. But when Charlotte discovers the truth about the institute's history of questionable studies, the secrets of the past invade the present in devious ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The power of this shattering novel resides in Greenidge's undeniable storytelling talents. What appears to be a story of mothers and daughters, of sisterhood put to the test, of adolescent love and grown-up misconduct, and of history's long reach, becomes a provocative and compelling exploration of America's failure to find a language to talk about race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A magnificently textured, vital, visceral feat of storytelling . . .  by] a sharp, poignant, extraordinary new voice of American literature.\" \u003cb\u003e--T a Obreht, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenidge, Kaitlyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKaitlyn Greenidge\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWe Love You, Charlie Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Top 10 Books of 2016 and a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a contributing writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the features director at \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Substack, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Greenidge lives in Massachusetts. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eLibertie\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613562540306,"sku":"9781616206444","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f4fd3e4-574b-49a0-a947-ddbce87d8c07.jpg?v=1732407947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-love-you-charlie-freeman-9781616206444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}