{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-1","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrade Paperback - New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1930, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePartly inspired by Langston Hughes’s early life in the Midwest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45662292312117,"sku":null,"price":19.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1622\/8661\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-23at2.22.50PM.png?v=1782246199","url":"https:\/\/daisychainbook.co\/products\/not-without-laughter-1","provider":"Daisy Chain Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}