{"product_id":"the-wedding-a-novel","title":"The Wedding: A Novel","description":"In her final novel, “a beautiful and devastating examination of family, society and race” (The New York Times), Dorothy West offers an intimate glimpse into the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's Black bourgeoisie on Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s.\n\nWithin this inner circle of \"blue-vein society,\" we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of the loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from \"a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions.\" Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.\nWith elegant, luminous prose, Dorothy West crowns her literary career by illustrating one family's struggle to break the shackles of race and class.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385471440\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UI560001NW_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:West, Dorothy\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336999108669,"sku":"31UI560001NW_ns","price":5.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0385471440-0.jpg?v=1783815823","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-wedding-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}