{"product_id":"9780062367310","title":"A Sitting in St. James","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWilliams-Garcia, Rita\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuill Tree Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Boston Globe\/Horn Book Award!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 starred reviews! \"Monumental.\" —Booklist (starred review) * \"A marathon masterpiece.\"—Kirkus (starred review) * \"Necessary.\"—SLJ (starred review) * \"Shocking and dramatic.\"—Shelf Awareness (starred review) * \"Mesmerizing, confounding and vividly rendered.\"—Book Page (starred review) * \"Williams-Garcia’s storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and authentic.\"—Horn Book (starred review)\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\u003e1860, Louisiana. 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat truths will be unearthed when the matriarch of a Louisiana plantation demands her portrait be painted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAntebellum Louisiana:\u003c\/b\u003e Step into the brutal, tangled world of Le Petit Cottage in 1860, where the lives of a powerful Creole family and the people they enslave are inextricably bound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeeply Buried Secrets:\u003c\/b\u003e As Madame Sylvie Guilbert sits for her portrait, stories spanning decades of routine horrors, family fortunes, and shocking truths built on slavery come to light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAward-Winning Historical Fiction:\u003c\/b\u003e From a three-time National Book Award finalist, this epic and unflinching look at America’s past is praised as “monumental” and “necessary” reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePowerful YA Crossover:\u003c\/b\u003e An essential and masterfully told story for both teens and adults confronting the complex history of American racism and its enduring legacy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46825246687487,"sku":"9780062367310","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062367310_s600x595.jpg?v=1779895620","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062367310","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}