{"product_id":"fugitive-archives-my-family-and-the-american-myth-of-belonging-hardcover","title":"Fugitive Archives: My Family and the American Myth of Belonging - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsale Angel-Ajani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incisive, lyrical exploration of one family's history that radically overturns American myths about race, violence, and belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fugitive Archives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a deeply moving and powerful account of America's tortured landscape of race and class, all too often hidden behind the facade of a devotion to liberty and equality. A must-read as the country reaches 250 years of its existence.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAnnette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Juneteenth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hemingses of Monticello \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAsale Angel-Ajani and her twin, the only Black children in a working-class white family, were shuffled between relatives, coming of age in a country that offered little refuge. Years later, Angel-Ajani dove into the archives, searching for an explanation for her family's and her country's contradictions, and for her own unshakeable anger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat she found were records and stories of her ancestors enslaved and free, Indigenous and white, members of the KKK and Black fugitives of a justice system that was rarely just. How could so much love live alongside such hate and prejudice, within the same family? Forged by the violent systems that rewarded racial terror and segregation, Angel-Ajani's ancestors built their lives together anyway, on the shaky foundation of love and cognitive dissonance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFugitive Archives\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that we are not a country of strangers split into \"us\" and \"them,\" who merely need to get to know each other in order to empathize. We have always been deeply entangled. This story of one family's grief, betrayal, and courage is a vital exploration of race and class, a map for survival and resistance, and a necessary reckoning--for only when we acknowledge the complex, messy truth of who we are as a country, can we shape a more just future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsale Angel-Ajani \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eA Country You Can Leave\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e recommended book and Amazon Editors' Pick for Fiction, and the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eStrange Trade\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been featured on CNN, in \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR. A recipient of support from the Ford, Mellon, and Rockefeller Foundations, she was a Hutchins Family Fellow at Harvard University. She holds a PhD from Stanford University and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.39 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44810935205947,"sku":"9781643753188","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2274\/9755\/files\/8D2ssLTL4T9781643753188.webp?v=1793310669","url":"https:\/\/bookshopclassics.shop\/products\/fugitive-archives-my-family-and-the-american-myth-of-belonging-hardcover","provider":"Bookshop Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}