{"product_id":"the-beak-in-the-heart-paperback","title":"The Beak in the Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetina Entzminger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivid, dramatic portraits of the author's \"misfit\" female ancestors and a candid, intimate memoir about family secrets and breaking free from the narrow confines of a \"proper Southern woman.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Beak in the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of growing up \"Southern.\" Betina Enzminger shares the poignant tales of the Southern women who preceded her-misfit women who defied authority and suffered the consequences in the repressive South Carolina of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntzminger links several generations of women from pre-Civil War years to the present, including Victoria, a former slave and concubine to her third great uncle, Rosalee, a great aunt committed to the state hospital for forty years, and Carrie, an aunt who unwittingly married a gay man at a time when divorce was not legal in South Carolina. She also shares candid details of her rebellious youth and her own struggles with marriage and parenthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring the lives of her spirited female relatives, Entzminger-their educated, rebellious, and misfit twenty-first-century descendant-restores their voices and finds inspiration in their courage and integrity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Beak in the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to all women, regardless of region of birth, who have felt that society has curbed their freedoms or silenced their voices. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089515041075,"sku":"9781954566071","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/inI-rRo0FL9781954566071.webp?v=1789592009","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-beak-in-the-heart-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}