{"product_id":"9780063092952","title":"Love on the Line: A Novel","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=\"\"\u003eCastoro, Laura\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\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\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\u003e8\/3\/2021\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdentity, attitudes, and culture collide as a mother and\u003cbr\u003edaughter's values and backgrounds are challenged by everyone around them in\u003cbr\u003ethis newly updated version of a Laura Castoro classic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThea Morgan—\u003cem\u003eno\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eThornton—is thrilled about starting life with her new husband Xavier. After so many years apart, it was truly a blessing\u003cbr\u003ethat they found each other again. But the new life is going to take some\u003cbr\u003eadjustment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsed to being high-powered lawyer, Thea is having difficulty balancing\u003cbr\u003ethat with her new role as the preacher’s wife in small town Arkansas. And the\u003cbr\u003etownspeople in Xavier’s new parish are watching her life a hawk—most of all,\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Hattie Patterson, the chairwoman of Pastoral Relations Committee, who has\u003cbr\u003eher own ideas about how things should be done. With her demanding job and light\u003cbr\u003eskin, Thea will have to go far to prove to the people—Mrs. Hattie—of St.\u003cbr\u003eHurricane AME Church that she can be who she is and still be one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other side of the country, Thea’s daughter Jesse is having an\u003cbr\u003eidentity crisis of her own. Off at college and away from those who’ve known her\u003cbr\u003efor her entire life, Jesse has the chance to reinvent herself. But is it a\u003cbr\u003echance worth taking? The child of a light-skinned black woman and a white man,\u003cbr\u003eJesse has blond hair and blue eyes. No one would know her heritage if she\u003cbr\u003edidn’t tell them, leaving Jesse to face a difficult realization: is she forging\u003cbr\u003ea new path in life, free of any preconceived notions? Or is she hiding her\u003cbr\u003eidentity and denying her roots?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith skill and grace,\u003cbr\u003eLaura Castoro deftly examines issues of race and women’s place in the world\u003cbr\u003ethat fans, new and old, will revel in for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43414046310655,"sku":"9780063092952","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063092952_s600x595.jpg?v=1779896647","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063092952","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}