{"product_id":"marching-to-zion-9781480435629","title":"Marching to Zion","description":"\u003cb\u003eA family of Eastern European refugees finds a home in racially charged St. Louis in this sweeping historical novel from a National Jewish Book Award finalist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1916, Mags Preacher arrives in the big city of St. Louis, fresh from the piney woods, hoping to learn the beauty trade. Instead, she winds up with a job at Fishbein's Funeral Home, run by an ?migr? who came to America to flee the pogroms of Russia. Mags knows nothing about Jews except that they killed the Lord Jesus Christ, but by the time her boss saves her life during the race riots in East St. Louis, all her perceptions have changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarching to Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Mags and of Mr. Fishbein, but it's also the story of Fishbein's daughter, Minerva, a beautiful redhead with an air of danger about her, and Magnus Bailey, Fishbein's charismatic business partner and Mags's first friend in town. When Magnus falls for Minerva's willful spirit, he'll learn just how dangerous she can be for a black man in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers of Mary Glickman's \u003ci\u003eOne More River\u003c\/i\u003e will celebrate the return of Aurora Mae Stanton, who joins a cast of vibrant new characters in a tale that stretches from East St. Louis, Missouri, to Memphis, Tennessee, from World War I to the Great Depression. Hailed as \"a powerful reminder of the discrimination and unspeakable hardships African Americans suffered,\" \u003ci\u003eMarching to Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping love story, a fascinating angle on history, and a compelling meditation on justice and fate (Jewish Book Council).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn on the South Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Glickman studied at the Universit? de Lyon and Boston University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHome in the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOne More River\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist in Fiction; \u003ci\u003eMarching to Zion\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e An Undisturbed Peace\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBy the Rivers of Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e. Glickman lives in Seabrook Island, South Carolina, with her husband, Stephen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181776666898,"sku":"9781480435629","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec3e55e6-9a2a-4fb9-933a-83c26c21022d.jpg?v=1744402679","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marching-to-zion-9781480435629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}