{"product_id":"the-queen-of-palmyra-paperback-1","title":"The Queen of Palmyra - 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\u003eMinrose Gwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Lee Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eOn Agate Hill\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exquisitely beautiful... The novel grips the reader from its first page and relentlessly drives us to its conclusion.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- William Ferris, author of \u003cem\u003eGive My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees\u003c\/em\u003e and Kathryn Stockett's \u003cem\u003eThe Help\u003c\/em\u003e. In the words of Jill McCorkle (\u003cem\u003eGoing Away Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e), \"Minrose Gwin is an extremely gifted writer and \u003cem\u003eThe Queen of Palmyra\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant and compelling novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI need you to understand how ordinary it all was. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of Shake Rag, the black section of town. Young Florence Forrest is one of the few who crosses the line. The daughter of a burial insurance salesman with dark secrets and the town's cake lady, whose backcountry bootleg runs lead further and further away from a brutal marriage, Florence attaches herself to her grandparents' longtime maid, Zenie Johnson. Named for Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Zenie treats the unwanted girl as just another chore, while telling her stories of the legendary queen's courage and cunning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more time Florence spends in Shake Rag, the more she recognizes how completely race divides her town, and her story, far from ordinary, bears witness to the truth and brutality of her times--a truth brought to a shattering conclusion when Zenie's vibrant college-student niece, Eva Greene, arrives that fateful Mississippi summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinrose Gwin's \u003cem\u003eThe Queen of Palmyra\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable evocation of a time and a place in America--a nuanced, gripping story of race and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e--Sharon Oard Warner, author of Deep in the Heart\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I need you to understand how ordinary it all was. . . .\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood's white population steers clear of \"Shake Rag,\" the black section of town. Young Florence Forrest is one of the few who crosses the line. The daughter of a burial insurance salesman with dark secrets and the town's \"cake lady,\" whose backcountry bootleg runs lead further and further away from a brutal marriage, Florence attaches herself to her grandparents' longtime maid, Zenie Johnson. Named for Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Zenie treats the unwanted girl as just another chore, while telling her stories of the legendary queen's courage and cunning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more time Florence spends in Shake Rag, the more she recognizes how completely race divides her town, and her story, far from ordinary, bears witness to the truth and brutality of her times--a truth brought to a shattering conclusion when Zenie's vibrant college-student niece, Eva Greene, arrives that fateful Mississippi summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinrose Gwin's \u003cem\u003eThe Queen of Palmyra\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable evocation of a time and a place in America--a nuanced, gripping story of race and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.01 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42026105798736,"sku":"9780061840326","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/Q0xnQ2x4RTNuR2k2U3l2Z3BMbFUzdz09_97b0e0db-97af-4e97-935e-b02cc611cc91.webp?v=1771830825","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-queen-of-palmyra-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}