{"product_id":"unspoken-a-dust-novel-9781685136222","title":"Unspoken: A Dust Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Reminds me, in tone, of Texas classics like \u003cem\u003eThe Time it Never Rained\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGiant\u003c\/em\u003e. I loved it. Alexander is a great new talent in the genre of Texana.\" -W.F. Strong, author, \u003cem\u003eStories From Texas\u003c\/em\u003e, and radio commentator for NPR Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Farm Devastated. A Dream Destroyed. A Family Scattered. And One Texas Girl Determined to Salvage the Wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby Lee Becker can't breathe. It's 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. On Black Sunday, the biggest blackest storm of them all threatens ten-year-old Ruby with deadly dust pneumonia and requires a drastic choice -one her mother, Willa Mae, will forever regret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive, Ruby is forced to leave the only place she's ever known. Far from home in Waco, and worried her mother has abandoned her, she's determined to get back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven after twelve years, Willa Mae still clings to memories of her daughter. Unable to reunite with Ruby, she's broken by their separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough rollicking adventures and harrowing setbacks, the tenacious Ruby Lee embarks on her perilous quest for home -and faces her one unspoken fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart-wrenching and inspiring, the tale of Ruby Lee's dogged perseverance and Willa Mae's endless love for her daughter shines a light on women driven apart by disaster who bravely lean on one another, find comfort in remade families, and redefine what home means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander, Jann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jann Alexander is a 20-year resident of central Texas and creator of the Vanishing Austin photography series. Her lifelong storytelling habit and her more recent passion for Texas history merged to become the historical novel Unspoken, her first book in the Dust Series. She holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland. When Jann is not reading, writing, or creating, she bikes, hikes, skis, and kayaks. Jann always brakes for historical markers.","brand":"Black Rose Writing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424467124498,"sku":"9781685136222","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0e031bd-9500-4b6d-acec-89f19a3acd41.jpg?v=1751379117","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unspoken-a-dust-novel-9781685136222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}