{"product_id":"aint-no-grave-paperback","title":"Ain't No Grave - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Glickman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a National Jewish Book Award finalist: A Jewish man and a Black woman find love against all odds, in this novel set during the Leo Frank trial in the twentieth-century American South.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A fabulous, significant, beautifully rendered addition to historical fiction.\" --Elizabeth Millane, author of \u003ci\u003eSixty Blades of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nine-year-olds Max Sassaport and Ruby Johnson are best friends who can't imagine a world where they aren't together. Unfortunately, no one--not their families, nor anyone else in rural Georgia in 1906--wants to see a White middle-class Jewish boy get too close to the Black daughter of a sharecropper. It's only a matter of time before fate will separate the two. And that day comes on the eve of Ruby's womanhood, when a violent act sends her running from her home to the life of a child laborer at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Max moves to Atlanta a few years later, still longing for the girl he has never forgotten. He is soon taken under the wing of Harold Ross, star reporter for the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. But when Max is assigned to a controversial murder case that pits the Black and Jewish communities against each other, he's unexpectedly reunited with Ruby. The bond between them is still strong, but with the trial igniting racial tension throughout Atlanta and across the nation, do Max and Ruby dare dream of a future together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mary Glickman is a wonder.\" --Pat Conroy, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mary Glickman used the history of the Old South to tell a powerful love story that was not supposed to happen.\" --John Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This beautifully written, historically important story will have you enthralled until the very last page.\" --Roccie Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Meticulously researched, fast-paced, and thoroughly original, \u003ci\u003eAin't No Grave\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, satisfying read.\" --Sandra Brett, ADL Southeast board member \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This epic journey for love feels like an instant classic.\" --Steve Anderson, author of the Kaspar Brothers series\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Born on the South Shore of Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Glickman studied at the Université de Lyon and Boston University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHome in the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOne More River\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist in Fiction; \u003ci\u003eMarching to Zion\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e An Undisturbed Peace\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBy the Rivers of Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e. Glickman lives in Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, with her husband, Stephen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41978040287367,"sku":"9781504090971","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/adcd3c6f0b4c4519238989c47cc8a959.webp?v=1734071578","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/aint-no-grave-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}