{"product_id":"2940157104016","title":"Roberta's Fire","description":"The stunning conclusion to the Tantona Trilogy, that started with Accidental Rebels, and continued in If the Wind Were a Woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1951, a hate crime happened in a small Texas town. It was covered up at the time, but the deadly event changed the lives of everyone involved. One of those, E.L. \"Marty\" Signoret, went on to write a famous young adult novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in her eighties, Marty returns to Tantona, Texas, accompanied by her young would-be biographer. Marty is there for the funeral of Roberta--the closeted lesbian who left a path of wounded lovers in her wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoberta Steinhall, beautiful and ruthless, was the queen of the closet for over sixty years, yet she must have been a teenager once. Must have been ready to risk everything for the love of a girl. That girl was Marty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA house burned down; a life was lost. Lies were told and secrets buried. Now Marty is ready to tell the truth to a circle of lesbians and gay men who knew Roberta in her prime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn flashbacks that comprise most of the novel, we relive that summer of '51, where a Latino man courts Marty's married sister, a Jewish girl tries to keep her Christian boyfriend under wraps--and teen lovers Marty and Roberta are faced with a life-or-death decision.","brand":"Regal Crest Enterprises","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112245903600,"sku":"2940157104016","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157104016_p0.jpg?v=1764092226","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157104016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}