{"product_id":"american-ghost-paperback","title":"American Ghost - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanis Owens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complex and compulsively readable novel about how unresolved family history and the racial tensions of the past threaten a love affair between two young Floridians.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJolie Hoyt is a good Southern girl living in Hendrix, a small Florida Panhandle town. All too aware of her family's closet full of secrets and long-held distrust of outsiders, Jolie throws caution to the wind when she meets Sam Lense, a Jewish anthropology student from Miami, who is in town to study the ethnic makeup of the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJolie and Sam fall recklessly in love, but their affair ends abruptly when Sam is discovered to have pried too deeply into Hendrix's dark racial history and he becomes the latest victim in a long tradition of small-town violence. Twelve years later, Jolie and Sam are forced to revisit the unresolved issues of their young love and finally shed light on the ugly history of Jolie's hometown. A complex and compulsively readable Southern saga, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly woven exploration of how the events of our past haunt our present.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760740073760,"sku":"9781451674651","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ba55797aab90c2d517d9a61c7c312d44.webp?v=1780188544","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-ghost-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}