{"product_id":"orphans-of-the-living-9781647429782","title":"Orphans of the Living","description":"\u003cb\u003eA debut historical fiction for fans of Kristin Hannah and John Steinbeck\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrphans of the Living\u003c\/i\u003e follows the Stovall family's early 20th-century quest for home and redemption as they confront racism, poverty, and inequality across the American South and West. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the shadow of the Great Depression and Jim Crow south of the 1930s, an impoverished white family escapes--with the help of Black sharecroppers--from a vengeful Mississippi plantation overseer intent on lynching them. Arriving in California to start a new life, Barney and Lula Stovall are haunted by the past, the children they've left behind, and the daughter they cannot love or protect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrphans of the Living \u003c\/i\u003efollows the peripatetic life of the Stovall family, woven from four parallel stories: Barney and Lula Stovall, and two of their nine children, Glen and Nora Mae. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir California sojourn--from their hardscrabble dairy farm, to the brig at the San Francisco Presidio, to the building of the Golden Gate Bridge--lead them on paths toward each other and forgiveness. But redemption doesn't come to them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathy Watson\u003c\/b\u003e spent years as a public relations executive and journalist, including six as editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eOregon Business\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, before embarking on a new career as a chef and restaurant owner. This is her debut novel. She lives in Hood River, Oregon, where she writes, leads a chefs collective, and runs and hikes the Columbia River Gorge with her husband Stu and Satchel, the world's best dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623964377362,"sku":"9781647429782","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_622b9d7c-5ec0-46ec-9bcf-c9c9255ea287.jpg?v=1758650206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/orphans-of-the-living-9781647429782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}