{"product_id":"the-last-blue-hardcover","title":"The Last Blue - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsla Morley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous narrative inspired by the fascinating real case of \"the Blue People of Kentucky\" that probes questions of identity, love, and family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1937, there are recesses in Appalachia no outsiders have ever explored. Two government-sponsored documentarians from Cincinnati, Ohio--a writer and photographer--are dispatched to penetrate this wilderness and record what they find for President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration. For photographer Clay Havens, the assignment is his last chance to reboot his flagging career. So when he and his journalist partner are warned away from the remote Spooklight Holler outside of town, they set off eagerly in search of a headline story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What they see will haunt Clay into his old age: Jubilee Buford, a woman whose skin is a shocking and unmistakable shade of blue. From this happenstance meeting between a woman isolated from society and persecuted her whole life, and a man accustomed to keeping himself at lens distance from others, comes a mesmerizing story in which the dark shades of betrayal, prejudice, fear, and guilt, are refracted along with the incandescent hues of passion and courage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Panning across the rich rural aesthetic of eastern Kentucky, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating love story and an intimate portrait of what it is like to be truly one of a kind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsla Morley\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in South Africa during apartheid. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCome Sunday, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Janet Heidinger Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Prize. Her novel \u003ci\u003eAbove\u003c\/i\u003e was an IndieNext pick, and Best Buzz Book, and a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best New Book. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, daughter, a cat, two dogs, and four tortoises.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.5 x 6.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769484837152,"sku":"9781643134185","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dd7cd20b6a21eca7ff59362a097b96b2_8029c9e6-1fe9-422a-8579-6931a3e28b73.webp?v=1780349324","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-blue-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}