{"product_id":"wedding-gift-paperback","title":"Wedding Gift - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarlen Suyapa Bodden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding Gift\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating historical novel that explores the powerful bonds between a slave girl, her mother, the slave master's wife, and her daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA View's \"Summer 2019 Ladies Get Lit\" Pick \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1852, when prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa's hand in marriage, she takes with her a gift: Sarah--her slave and her half-sister. Raised by an educated mother, Clarissa is not the proper Southern belle she appears to be, with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind the façade of being a docile house slave as she plots to escape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth women bring these tumultuous secrets and desires with them to their new home, igniting events that spiral into a tale beyond what you ever imagined possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the alternating viewpoints of Sarah and Theodora Allen, Cornelius' wife, Marlen Suyapa Bodden's \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding Gift\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate portrait of slavery and the 19th Century South that will leave readers breathless.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARLEN SUYAPA BODDEN is a lawyer at The Legal Aid Society, the nation's oldest and largest law firm for the poor, in New York City. She drew on her knowledge of modern and historical slavery, human trafficking, and human rights abuses to write \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, her first novel.\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 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102162817159,"sku":"9781250802842","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/02e179b73302f0f4c9f00ef442b2e466.webp?v=1732401115","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/wedding-gift-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}