{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9781454964797","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Langston Hughes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Union Square \u0026amp; Company, 2026-02-03\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLangston Hughes's debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued for Union Square \u0026amp; Co.'s Herald Classics line. Originally published in 1930, Not Without Laughter follows Sandy Rogers as a boy living in rural Kansas to his arrival in Chicago as a young man, set against a backdrop of poverty, racial segregation, and the onset of World War I. Orbiting Sandy are a host of vividly realized family members, including his mother Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father Jimboy, who plays guitar and is constantly in search of work; his aunts, blues-singing Aunt Harriet and social-climbing Aunt Tempy; and his pious, strong-willed grandmother Hager, who holds the generations together. Partly inspired by Langston Hughes's early life in the Midwest, Not Without Laughter is the debut novel of the literary giant, a sweeping and elegiac family drama that traces Black life in the early twentieth century, an important setting in the history of a racially divided America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081772253353,"sku":"PHBK-9781454964797","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_45fc5f27-de36-428c-a73b-96c18248a9fc.jpg?v=1779375435","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9781454964797","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}