{"product_id":"exiled-south-9781646635443","title":"Exiled South","description":"\u003cp\u003eLizbeth Gordon, a school counselor and master at facilitating conflict resolution in everyone's life but her own, returns home to South Carolina after her husband's sudden death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking solace at the ramshackle family cottage, she walks the winter beach, but the quiet life doesn't last. An elderly aunt has troubling family stories: a blockade runner hunted as a traitor after the fall of Charleston, and ancestors who disappeared during Civil War Reconstruction. Curiosity drives Lizbeth into roots research that dead ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTentacles of the past reach across the continents when Lizbeth takes a job at an international school in Rio de Janeiro. She meets a multiethnic descendant of Confederate exiles, with the Gordon surname and nineteenth-century documents. Robert Gordon's letters describe bold escapes from Federal blockaders and Civil War intrigue in Scotland. Laurette Gordon's diary shares a heart-wrenching story of sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan the keys to generations-long secrets open a path to family reconciliation and healing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCannon, Harriet:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Harriet Cannon is a writer with roots in South Carolina. As a psychotherapist, she served as a consultant to the Boeing Company, international schools, and worked for the US State Department in Chile. Harriet is co-author of Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships. Exiled South is her debut novel. Harriet and her husband live on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and have two grown children.","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50507925061906,"sku":"9781646635443","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17c05b6e-7e80-4df1-b024-a97f1c05c8d0.jpg?v=1730870373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/exiled-south-9781646635443","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}