{"product_id":"the-blood-of-my-mother-paperback","title":"The Blood of My Mother - 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\u003eRoccie Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets\u003ci\u003e Where the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein this \"gripping saga about a perilous time in our nation's history and a woman who survived it against all odds\" (Patricia Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eLottery\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I could not stop reading.\" --Jacquelyn Mitchard, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, the inaugural choice of Oprah's Book Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After enduring unimaginable cruelty as a slave, Eliza escapes, marries, becomes a mother, and realizes her dream of having a small farm. But she must fight--and kill--to keep it. And survival means welcoming others who have been shunned or forgotten by society into her world. Living and laboring together, will these outcasts find the strength and community they need to survive and flourish? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed author Roccie Hill, inspired by the story of her great-great grandmother, now presents an unforgettable, deeply research, and wildly popular historical saga of a woman and a place, each growing and enduring under multiple flags through the sorrows and turbulence of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A saga with many layers . . . [A] riveting, addictive journey.\" --Joanne Hardy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Butternut Dress\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Robbed by fate and evil-doers of everything except her ferocious spirit, Eliza fights for her own space in the pitiless frontier that will become the state of Texas. Combining lyrical prose and non-stop action, Roccie Hill conjures an unforgettable character, based loosely on her own great-great grandmother, who somehow triumphs over nearly unthinkable privations. Hill's Eliza springs to life as a true American original.\" --Jacquelyn Mitchard, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, the inaugural choice of Oprah's Book Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. I simply could not put this novel down. Vividly written, The Blood of My Mother is a gripping saga about a perilous time in our nation's history and a woman who survived it against all odds. It is a novel about how love and hope transcend man's inhumanity to man. I was pulled deeply into the story and was held there until the very last page.\" --Patricia Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eLottery\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52553824502067,"sku":"9781504085533","price":34.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d8n_Y-2Nz89781504085533.webp?v=1761116059","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-blood-of-my-mother-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}