{"product_id":"wake-of-the-wind","title":"Wake of the Wind","description":"The Wake of the Wind is J. California Coopers third novel  and her most penetrating look yet at the challenges that generations of African Americans have had to overcome in order to carve out a home and future for themselves and their families.  Set in the South in the waning years of the Civil War  this is the dramatic story of a remarkable heroine  Lifee  and her husband  Mor. When Emancipation finally comes to Texas  Mor  Lifee  and their family set out in search of hope and a piece of land they can work and call their own. Miraculously  they manage not only to survive  but to succeed--their crops grow  their children thrive  they educate themselves and others. But the South during Reconstruction is not a place that takes kindly to the achievements of former slaves  and as lynchings and injustice become a plague across the region  time and again they must make the anguished decision to leave their land in search of a safer place.  Land  however  is the least of their worldly possessions. Lifee and Mor are the descendants of a long and vital line. Having used their intelligence  strength  and ingenuity to make their place in the new post-Civil War world  they in turn pass those talents along to their children--the next generation to surge forward  accomplishing more than their parents could even dream.  At once tragic and triumphant  this is an epic story that captures with extraordinary authenticity the most important struggle of the last hundred years.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44830205837365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385487045","price":27.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0385487045_30646b90-7b19-4972-ba95-654536b2da8c.jpg?v=1770744078","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wake-of-the-wind","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}