{"product_id":"9781611179859","title":"Fire and Forgiveness: A Nun's Truce with General Sherman","description":"\u003cb\u003eA captivating tale about forgiveness and peacemaking based on first-person accounts of true events\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking peace with her spiteful classmate, Clara, seems impossible to Jane. Despite encouragement from Mother Baptista, the mother superior at their convent school, Jane and Clara dig in their heels. As the girls brood they hear the cannons of the Civil War explode outside their school as General Sherman and the Union army attack the city of Columbia, South Carolina, in February 1865. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Baptista asks Sherman for protection for her nuns and students, and he promises they will be safe inside their convent school. But despite his promise they have to flee in the middle of the night through a chaotic, burning city. Will Mother Baptista forgive Sherman for breaking his promise? Can Jane and Clara make peace when the adults in their world are at odds and at war? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet during the most deadly and divisive war in U.S. history, this compelling story is based on first-person accounts of true events.\u003ci\u003e Fire and Forgiveness \u003c\/i\u003eis a reminder of the important role forgiveness and peacemaking play in life's conflicts big and small, whether between quarreling children, proud adults, or warring nations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061761556720,"sku":"9781611179859","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611179859_p0.jpg?v=1763838933","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611179859","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}