{"product_id":"low-country-a-southern-memoir-paperback","title":"Low Country: A Southern Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Nicole Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"From horse thieves to hurricanes, from shattered Southern myths to fractured family ties, from Nashville to Myrtle Beach to Miami, \u003ci\u003eLow Country \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical, devastating, fiercely original memoir\" of one family's changing fortunes in the Low Country of South Carolina (Justin Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eRiding with the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. Nicole Jones is the only daughter of a prominent South Carolina family, a family that grew rich building the hotels and seafood restaurants that draw tourists to Myrtle Beach. But at home, she is surrounded by violence and capriciousness: a grandfather who beats his wife, a barman father who dreams of being a country music star. At one time, Jones's parents can barely afford groceries; at another, her volatile grandfather presents her with a fur coat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a girlhood of extreme wealth and deep debt, of ghosts and folklore, of cruel men and unwanted spectacle, Jones finds herself face to face with an explosive possibility concerning her long-abused grandmother that she can neither speak nor shake. And through the lens of her own family's catastrophes and triumphs, Jones pays homage to the landscapes and legends of her childhood home, a region haunted by its history: Eliza Pinckney cultivates indigo, Blackbeard ransacks the coast, and the Gray Man paces the beach, warning of Hurricane Hazel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Nicole Jones\u003c\/b\u003e received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University, and has since held editorial positions at \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. Her viral essay defending the art of memoir, \"Why's Everyone So Down on the Memoir?\" was published by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and her reviews and other writings have appeared in magazines including \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in South Carolina, and now lives in Brooklyn and Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763891536160,"sku":"9781646221233","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41d15db98da9d2b5ed2226807d8d1855.webp?v=1780241467","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/low-country-a-southern-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}