{"product_id":"dreamers-of-the-day-paperback","title":"Dreamers of the Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Doria Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA schoolteacher still reeling from the tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic travels to the Middle East in this memorable and passionate novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marvelous . . . a stirring story of personal awakening set against the background of a crucial moment in modern history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAgnes Shanklin, a forty-year-old schoolteacher from Ohio, has come into a modest inheritance that allows her to take the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. Arriving at the Semiramis Hotel just as the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference convenes, she is freed for the first time from her mother's withering influence and finds herself being wooed by a handsome, mysterious German. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, Agnes--with her plainspoken American opinions--is drawn into the company of Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, and Lady Gertrude Bell, who will, in the space of a few days, redraw the world map to create the modern Middle East. As they change history, Agnes too will find her own life transformed forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith prose as graceful and effortless as a seductive float down the Nile, Mary Doria Russell illuminates the long, rich history of the Middle East with a story that brilliantly elucidates today's headlines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Doria Russell is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sparrow, Children of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Thread of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels have won nine national and international literary awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the James Tiptree Award, and the American Library Association Readers Choice Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Sparrow \u003c\/i\u003ewas selected as one of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly'\u003c\/i\u003es ten best books of the year, and \u003ci\u003eA Thread of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Russell lives in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.02 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762310086944,"sku":"9780345485557","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4c6161ff9201b228f6682b53f056382.webp?v=1780219265","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dreamers-of-the-day-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}