{"product_id":"the-blood-of-my-mother-paperback","title":"The Blood of My Mother - 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\u003eRoccie Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman fights for her life as a refugee, slave, mother, and farmer, in this \"saga with many layers . . . [A] riveting, addictive journey\" (Joanne Hardy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Butternut Dress\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Enslaved by men who treat her body as their property, she eventually escapes, marries, becomes a mother, and realizes her dream of having a small farm. But she must fight and kill to keep it--even if it does mean welcoming others who have been shunned or forgotten by society. Living and laboring together, will these outcasts find the strength and community they need to survive and flourish? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed for her \"wonderful\" debut novel (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), Roccie Hill, inspired by the story of her great-great grandmother, now presents an unforgettable literary saga of a woman and a place, growing and enduring under multiple flags and through the sorrows and turbulence of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove \u003c\/i\u003emeets\u003ci\u003e Where the Crawdads Sing.\u003c\/i\u003e I simply could not put this novel down. Vividly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping saga about a perilous time in our nation's history and a woman who survived it against all odds. It is a novel about how love and hope transcend man's inhumanity to man. I was pulled deeply into the story and was held there until the very last page.\" --Patricia Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eLottery\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As a child, I saw my first American Indian outside Albuquerque. A big, rotund lady covered in colored beads, sitting by the side of the train tracks, selling trinkets and tightly woven baskets. I pointed to a small polished stone whose color I had never seen. The woman smiled, picked it up and held it out; it looked so bright against the brown callused hand. I nodded vigorously. Holding out my money, we exchanged treasures. I clutched my first turquoise, reveled in the real America, both still heart warm from the desert sun. So began my love of the real American West. Roccie Hill, through all the terrors and trials of her heroine, never loses sight of the true beauty to be found out here and in this wonderful book.\" --Maria Riva, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Marlene Dietrich: The Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYou Were There Before My Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42093251526791,"sku":"9781504085533","price":27.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/LY_-rUy7Hl9781504085533.webp?v=1782902543","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-blood-of-my-mother-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}