{"product_id":"2940016109428","title":"Plum Orchard","description":"In her second novel, Plum Orchard, June Hall McCash once again\u003cbr\u003euses the backdrop of coastal Georgia to explore the captivating\u003cbr\u003enarrative that spans three generations but focuses on Elisabeth\u003cbr\u003eBernardey (known as Zabette) and her journey toward freedom.\u003cbr\u003eThe narrative is based on the true story of Robert Stafford,\u003cbr\u003ethe wealthiest planter on Cumberland Island, and his mistress\u003cbr\u003eZabette. Born the illegitimate daughter of a French planter\u003cbr\u003eand his slave mistress and raised by her white father and\u003cbr\u003egrandmother, Zabette finds herself neither completely free nor\u003cbr\u003etotally in bondage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlum Orchard begins in the plantation era and continues through\u003cbr\u003ethe Civil War and Reconstruction. Geographically the action\u003cbr\u003emoves from Cumberland Island to Groton, Connecticut, and\u003cbr\u003eback again. One reader has described it as \"a narrative that\u003cbr\u003eexplores both the darkness that is slavery and the light that\u003cbr\u003elives within the human heart.” Another reader noted that “The\u003cbr\u003eAmerican South has been one of the world’s most fertile sources\u003cbr\u003efor fascinating stories and great literature. The tale of Robert\u003cbr\u003eStafford, his slave mistress Zabette, and their six children is one\u003cbr\u003eof the most compelling sagas ever to come out of the region.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcCash’s debut novel, Almost to Eden, won the Georgia Author\u003cbr\u003eof the Year Award for first novel in 2011. It is set on Jekyll\u003cbr\u003eIsland, Georgia, and in New York City, beginning in 1911.\u003cbr\u003eMcCash has also published eight nonfiction books, including A\u003cbr\u003eTitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus, which appeared in\u003cbr\u003e2012.","brand":"Twin Oaks Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101153378544,"sku":"2940016109428","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016109428_p0.jpg?v=1763629308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016109428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}