{"product_id":"a-sitting-in-st-james","title":"A Sitting in St. James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Boston Globe\/Horn Book Award!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 starred reviews! \u003c\/strong\u003e\"M\u003cstrong\u003eonumental.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review) * \"A marathon masterpiece.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review) * \"Necessary.\"--\u003cem\u003eSLJ \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review) * \"Shocking and dramatic.\"--\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review) * \"Mesmerizing, confounding and vividly rendered.\"--\u003cem\u003eBook Page \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review) * \"Williams-Garcia's storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and authentic.\"--\u003cem\u003eHorn Book \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork--empathetic, brutal, and entirely human--and essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1860, Louisiana\u003c\/em\u003e. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's objections, to sit for a portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations--from the big house to out in the fields--of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved, come to light to reveal a true portrait of the Guilberts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita Williams-Garcia is one of the preeminent authors of our time. She has been honored with the Children's Literature Lecture Award from the American Library Association. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936284049639,"sku":"9780062367297","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_4db3cf91-fc2f-4240-b780-f4b3b9b10cd9.jpg?v=1774971039","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-sitting-in-st-james","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}