{"product_id":"there-is-confusion-jessie-redmon-fauset-fauset","title":"There Is Confusion : Jessie Redmon Fauset by Jessie Redmon Fauset","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jessie Redmon Fauset\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Austen meets the Harlem Renaissance in this novel of three young  ambitious Black Americans striving for love and success in the big city.   Set in 1920s New York City  There Is Confusion tells the story of three friends who grew up supporting one another's dreams. But now that they are young adults  things are not so simple . . .   First  there is Maggie Ellersley  who is eager to marry up and be free of her blue-collar background. Then  there is Peter Bye  an intelligent aspiring surgeon motivated by his love for Joanna Marshall. Joanna is a talented and driven dancer  who is about to make a decision that will change all their lives . . .   Originally published in 1924  There Is Confusion received critical acclaim for its portrayal of middle-class Black America. Author Jessie Redmon Fauset served as literary editor of the NAACP's official magazine  The Crisis  from 1919 to 1926 and fostered the careers of such Harlem Renaissance authors as Countee Cullen  Claude McKay  and Langston Hughes.   \"An important book.\" -The New York Times Read less","brand":"Lushena Books","offers":[{"title":"PAPERBACK","offer_id":52502342893848,"sku":"9798890961341","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"HARDCOVER","offer_id":52502342926616,"sku":"9798890961419","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/9798890961341.jpg?v=1786283174","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/there-is-confusion-jessie-redmon-fauset-fauset","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}