{"product_id":"a-million-nightingales-9781400095599","title":"A Million Nightingales","description":"From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003eA Million Nightingales\u003c\/i\u003e portrays Moinette's experience-and the treacherous world she must navigate-with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Straight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.26w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400095599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2007 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Straight's \u003c\/b\u003enovels include \u003ci\u003eI Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlacker Than a Thousand Midnights\u003c\/i\u003e, T\u003ci\u003ehe Gettin Place \u003c\/i\u003eand H\u003ci\u003eighwire Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for The National Book Award. Her essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, Salon.com, T\u003ci\u003ehe Los Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, T\u003ci\u003ehe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in women's magazines such as R\u003ci\u003eeal Simple \u003c\/i\u003eand F\u003ci\u003eamily Circle.\u003c\/i\u003e Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Among her honors and awards are the California Book Prize, a Lannan Foundation Award, A Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize and a Best American Short Story Award. Straight was born in Riverside and lives there with her three daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302492565619,"sku":"9781400095599","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_38a9dfc5-1dcd-4d76-94fc-c1bf40aed229.jpg?v=1770902115","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-million-nightingales-9781400095599","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}