{"product_id":"the-light-always-breaks-paperback","title":"The Light Always Breaks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Jackson-Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.'s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find themselves drawn to one another--but the danger of a relationship between a Black woman and a white man from the South could destroy them and everything they've worked for.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew women own upscale restaurants in civil rights era Washington, D.C. Fewer still are twenty-four, Black, and wildly successful. But Eva Cardon is unwilling to serve only the wealthiest movers and shakers, and she plans to open a diner that offers Southern comfort to the working class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA war hero and one of Georgia's native sons, Courtland Hardiman Kingsley IV is a junior senator with great ambitions for his time in D.C. But while his father is determined to see Courtland on a path to the White House, the young senator wants to use his office to make a difference in people's lives, regardless of political consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen equal-rights activism throws Eva and Courtland into each other's paths, they can't fight the attraction they feel, no matter how much it complicates their dreams. For Eva, falling in love with a white Southerner is all but unforgivable--and undesirable. Her mother \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e grandmother fell in love with white men, and their families paid the price. Courtland is already under pressure for his liberal ideals, and his family has a line of smiling debutantes waiting for him on every visit. If his father found out about Eva, he's not sure he'd be welcome home again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrounded by the disapproval of their families and the scorn of the public, Eva and Courtland must decide if the values they hold most dear--including love--are worth the loss of their dreams . . . and everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003cem\u003eWhen Stars Rain Down \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with a historical love story about all that has--and has not--changed in the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical romance set in civil rights era Washington, D.C. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStand-alone novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook length: approximately 120,000 words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion questions for book clubs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.32 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151316422791,"sku":"9780785240594","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/89d659e8a2b9d5d45a799c1648a9fa88.webp?v=1733206205","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-light-always-breaks-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}