{"product_id":"9780385476997","title":"Choices","description":" A novel of an extraordinary woman and her  extraordinary times, by the distinguished author of  \u003ci\u003eThe Beulah Quintet\u003c\/i\u003e  and \u003ci\u003eCelebration\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\"Audaciously insightful...  Ambitious, unique, and beautifully written.\" —  Ann Beattie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, her thirteenth novel,  National Book Award-winning author Mary Lee Settle takes  the measure of the twentieth century, as seen and  lived by Melinda Kregg Dunston, a brave and  remarkable woman of the South. When her father kills  himself during the Depression so that his family can  live on his insurance money, Melinda realizes that  she will not be happy leading the genteel life  desired for her by her mother. Joining the Red Cross  rather than making her debut, she becomes  embroiled in a bloody coal-miners' strike in Kentucky,  where she witnesses firsthand a poverty and  desperation she scarcely knew existed. Then she volunteers  for the Republican cause in Spain, where amid the  horrors of war she falls in love with and marries  Tye Dunston, an idealistic young doctor. As the  war reaches its tragic end, she escapes Spain with  barely her life and a demure little orphaned girl  in tow. And in the turbulent sixties, she returns  to America to champion the civil rights cause,  aiding a brilliant young man whose only crime is his  skin color. A narrative borne on the exhilarating  currents of memory, \u003ci\u003eChoices\u003c\/i\u003e is  not only the story of a courageous woman who puts  compassion ahead of society's expectations of her,  it is also the story of this century, told with an  unflinching eye and an unstinting heart.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012431692016,"sku":"9780385476997","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385476997_p0.gif?v=1763694670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385476997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}