{"product_id":"the-mapmakers-children-paperback","title":"The Mapmaker's Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Baker's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarilla of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of family, love, and courage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad's leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can't bear children, but as the country steers toward bloody civil war, Sarah faces difficult sacrifices that could put all she loves in peril. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, moves to an old house in the suburbs and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the root cellar--the remains of an Underground Railroad doll with an extraordinary past of secret messages, danger and deliverance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIngeniously plotted to a riveting end, Sarah and Eden's woven lives connect the past to the present, forcing each of them to define courage, family, love, and legacy in a new way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAH McCOY is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee \u003ci\u003eThe Baker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso. She calls Virginia home but presently lives with her husband and their dog, Gilbert, in El Paso, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42093861273735,"sku":"9780385348928","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4ef6ee4c3a76faa9621e17cd163aeb2d.webp?v=1732315410","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-mapmakers-children-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}