{"product_id":"temple-folk-9781982191825b","title":"Temple Folk","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWinner of the Whiting Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFinalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe New Yorker's\u003c\/span\u003e Best Books of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTime Magazine's\u003c\/span\u003e Best 10 Fiction Books of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNPR's \u003c\/span\u003eBest Books of 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA “splendid and grand collection” (Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize­–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Known World\u003c\/i\u003e) portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTemple Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten “beautiful and vivid” (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award­–winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author) stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture to which they are expected to accept and aspire to while functioning within the country in which they are born.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDue North\u003c\/span\u003e,” an obedient daughter struggles to understand why she’s haunted by the spirit of her recently deceased father. In “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWho’s Down\u003c\/span\u003e?” a father, after a brief affair with vegetarianism, conspires with his daughter to order him a double cheeseburger. In “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCandy for Hanif\u003c\/span\u003e” a mother’s routine trip to the store for her disabled son takes an unlikely turn when she reflects on a near-death experience. In “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWoman in Niqab\u003c\/span\u003e,” a daughter’s suspicion of her father’s infidelity prompts her to wear her hair in public. In “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Mexico\u003c\/span\u003e,” a federal agent tasked with spying on a high-ranking member of the Nation of Islam grapples with his responsibilities closer to home.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith an unflinching eye for the contradictions between what these characters profess to believe and what they do, \u003ci\u003eTemple Folk\u003c\/i\u003e accomplishes the rare feat of presenting moral failures with compassion, nuance, and humor to remind us that while perfection is what many of us strive for, it’s the errors that make us human.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42872494456912,"sku":"9781982191825B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781982191825-l.jpg?v=1785881911","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/temple-folk-9781982191825b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}