{"product_id":"the-american-daughters-9780593729410","title":"The American Daughters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research, \u003ci\u003eThe American Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inspiring story of people who show a way forward with their perseverance, bravery and love.\"\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LIT \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdy, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history and dreaming of a loving future. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite--and with help from these strong women--Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Carlos Ruffin \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ones Who Don't Say They Love You, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was longlisted for the Story Prize and was a finalist for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and \u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the PEN Open Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and International Dublin Literary Award. A recipient of an Iowa Review Award in fiction, he has been published in the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, AGNI, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Kenyon Review, The Massachusetts Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas. \u003c\/i\u003eA native of New Orleans, he is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop and a professor of creative writing at Louisiana State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186178982162,"sku":"9780593729410","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c1ff948-fd12-4f88-b802-668481a832b6.jpg?v=1748526702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-american-daughters-9780593729410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}