{"product_id":"9781953534934","title":"When They Tell You to Be Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME, Washington Post,\u003c\/i\u003e Amazon, BuzzFeed, Poets \u0026amp; Writers, Lambda Literary, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, them, The Week, Book Riot, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer, \u003c\/i\u003eBook and Film Globe, AllArts, and Debutiful Best Book of Fall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Hurston\/Wright Crossover Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and Okayplayer Best Memoir of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrince Shakur’s debut memoir brilliantly mines his radicalization and self-realization through examinations of place, childhood, queer identity, and a history of uprisings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter immigrating from Jamaica to the United States, Prince Shakur’s family is rocked by the murder of Prince’s biological father in 1995. Behind the murder is a sordid family truth, scripted in the lines of a diary by an outlawed uncle hell-bent on avenging the murder of Prince’s father. As Shakur begins to unravel his family’s secrets, he must navigate the strenuous terrain of coming to terms with one’s inner self while confronting the steeped complexities of the Afro-diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen They Tell You to Be Good\u003c\/i\u003e charts Shakur’s political coming of age from closeted queer kid in a Jamaican family to radicalized adult traveler, writer, and anarchist in Obama and Trump’s America. Shakur journeys from France to the Philippines, South Korea, and elsewhere to discover the depths of the Black experience, and engages in deep political questions while participating in movements like Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock. By the end, Shakur reckons with his identity, his family’s immigration, and the intergenerational impacts of patriarchal and colonial violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining a tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, \u003ci\u003eWhen They Tell You to Be Good\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on what we all must ask of ourselves—to be more than what America envisions for the oppressed—as Shakur compels readers to take a closer, deeper look at the political world of young, Black, queer, and radical millennials today.","brand":"Zando","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370827911229,"sku":"9781953534934","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781953534934_p0.jpg?v=1771583268","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781953534934","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}