{"product_id":"the-unstoppable-eliza-haycraft-9780990696476","title":"The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Midwest Fiction, National Indie Excellence Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist, Historical Fiction, National Indie Excellence Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted, Best Indie Book 2023, \u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonorable Mention, Historical Fiction, The Eric Hoffer Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver Medal, Plains Fiction, Independent Publisher Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Beautifully written, compulsively readable... \" So says Indie Reader of \u003cem\u003eThe Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft\u003c\/em\u003e - the riveting novel about a legendary woman in antebellum Missouri who allowed neither men nor society's conventions to keep her from cutting her own remarkable path.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1844. On a May midnight, Eliza Haycraft flings herself into a canoe to escape a husband who beats her and a life that does the same. She is penniless and illiterate. Yet a decade later, sex and secrets will make her the wealthiest woman in St. Louis, a frontier boom town at the western edge of a restless nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith only herself to rely on, Eliza becomes a prostitute and madam, then a property owner and puller of strings. She tangles with a vindictive rival and a governor who will become a Civil War turncoat. Scarred by experience, she finds true love but dares not admit it even to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when civil war looms, Eliza faces a devastating choice: whether to risk her own life for the survival of everything-and everyone-she holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a true story, set in a tumultuous era too like our own, \u003cem\u003eThe Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft\u003c\/em\u003e is historical fiction at its sweeping best: with richly drawn characters, a shattering love story, and an extraordinary heroine you will remember long after the last page is turned...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bramerton Press, a Diana Dempsey Imprint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718886494482,"sku":"9780990696476","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07013205-f1e2-4bc2-b351-ac0627942484.jpg?v=1734653345","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unstoppable-eliza-haycraft-9780990696476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}