{"product_id":"9781453247259","title":"Roadwalkers","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Keepers of the \u003c\/i\u003eHouse, a “beautiful” novel following a black mother and daughter through the Great Depression and Civil Rights era (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mary is an orphaned, homeless, African American child, abandoned by the rest of her family and left to care for her younger brother. She becomes a “roadwalker,” a nomad who wanders across the rural south and quickly learns to rely on herself to survive.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When she grows up to become a successful artist and a designer, she has a daughter of her own, Nanda, and she’s determined to hold her child close. But when Nanda is accepted into an elite school on the East Coast, integrating the all-white Catholic girls’ academy, Mary finds she can’t keep some of the world’s cruel realities at bay forever.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, \u003ci\u003eRoadwalkers\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a special bond forged by savage history, and a tale of extraordinary loyalty and sacrifice. From a National Book Award finalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, it is “a bold novel [that] seduces us with its vigorous prose, enthralls us with its narrative—and disquiets us with its defiance of our expectations” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Shirley Ann Grau, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143280345328,"sku":"9781453247259","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453247259_p0.jpg?v=1763849021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453247259","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}