{"product_id":"douglass-women-9780743410106","title":"Douglass' Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2003 PEN OAKLAND JOSEPHINE MILES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING AND THE BLACK CAUCUS OF THE ALA LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Frederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist, was a man who cherished freedom in life and in love. In this ambitious work of historical fiction, Douglass' passions come vividly to life in the form of two women: Anna Murray Douglass and Ottilie Assing. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglass' Women\u003c\/i\u003e is an imaginative rendering of these two women -- one black, the other white -- in Douglass' life. Anna, his wife, was a free woman of color who helped Douglass escape as a slave. She bore Douglass five children and provided him with a secure, loving home while he traveled the world with his message. Along the way, Douglass satisfied his intellectual needs in the company of Ottilie Assing, a white woman of German-Jewish descent, who would become his mistress for decades to come. How these two women find solidarity in their shared love for Douglass -- and his vision for a free America -- is at the heart of Jewell Parker Rhodes' extraordinary, epic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhodes, Jewell Parker:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJewell Parker Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Dreams, Season \u003c\/i\u003e(formerly titled \u003ci\u003eVoodoo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeason\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e Yellow Moon \u003c\/i\u003e(formerly titled \u003ci\u003eYellow Moon\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327766925586,"sku":"9780743410106","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de6fc37f-cab8-4cd7-bb60-948e18f799e6.jpg?v=1727720180","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/douglass-women-9780743410106","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}