{"product_id":"my-mistress-eyes-are-raven-black-9781684426942","title":"My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black\u003c\/i\u003e is a noir thriller set on Ellis Island in 1920. It explores just how far some human beings will go to protect racial purity and condemn those they fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberts, Terry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTerry Roberts is the author of three celebrated novels: A Short Time to Stay Here (winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); That Bright Land (winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, the James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); and most recently, The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival (a finalist for the 2019 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoberts is a lifelong teacher and educational reformer as well as an award-winning novelist. He is a native of the mountains of Western North Carolina--born and bred. His ancestors include six generations of mountain farmers, as well as the bootleggers and preachers who appear in his novels. He was raised close by his grandmother, Belva Anderson Roberts, who was born in 1888 and passed down to him the magic of the past along with the grit and humor of mountain storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrently, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife, Lynn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912863650066,"sku":"9781684426942","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb396bf1-fd72-4665-b910-7db0d57d8dc0.jpg?v=1738778573","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-mistress-eyes-are-raven-black-9781684426942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}