{"product_id":"before-the-cicadas-quit-9798187036981","title":"Before The Cicadas Quit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLegacies aren't monuments. They're handoffs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people's first memory is a bike or a birthday. His is the night a purple convertible rolled up a Mississippi gravel road, humming a blues tune straight from 1956 - the night he met the first of Mama's remarkable friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised by Miss Leen, a woman whose front porch held more power than most boardrooms, a young boy comes of age in the company of extraordinary women. There's Della Rose, who taught him to watch before he speaks. Sicily, who taught him the strength in quiet. Thelma, who taught him what never to say out loud. And Milly - the Satin Doll - who showed him that legends still pour sweet tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery summer, every story, every domino slapped down on that porch table carries a lesson. And as the boy grows into a man - through Harlem brownstones and Hollywood's glare, through first love, betrayal, and ambition - he begins to understand that the women who raised him weren't just raising him. They were preparing him for the day the porch would be his to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Mississippi starlight to the stillness of grief, \u003ci\u003eBefore the Cicadas Quit\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of chosen family, hard-won wisdom, and the women strong enough to raise a man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some inheritances can't be written down. They have to be lived, handed off, and carried on - before the cicadas quit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for readers of literary Southern fiction and stories of Black family, legacy, and love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17904304\"\u003eDamion D. Poe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187036981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229416837417,"sku":"9798187036981","price":16.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9798187036981.jpg?v=1790357913","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/before-the-cicadas-quit-9798187036981","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}