{"product_id":"survival-math-notes-on-an-all-american-family-1","title":"Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family","description":"An electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the conversation about race and class, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSurvival Math\u003c\/span\u003e takes its name from the calculations that award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon, of his youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of 'hustle' and the destructive power of addiction - all framed within the story of Jackson, his family and his community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMitchell S. Jackson presents a microcosm of struggle and survival in contemporary urban America - an exploration of the forces that shaped his life, his city, and the lives of so many black men like him. As Jackson charts his own path from drug dealer to published novelist, he gives us a heartbreaking, fascinating, lovingly rendered view of the injustices and victories, large and small, that defined his youth.","brand":"Dialogue Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985486352464,"sku":"9780349701349B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/survival-math-notes-on-an-all-american-family-1","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}