{"product_id":"wade-in-the-water-9780063226616","title":"Wade in the Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResonant with the emotional urgency of Alice Walker's classic \u003cem\u003eMeridian\u003c\/em\u003e and the poignant charm of Sue Monk Kidd's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees\u003c\/em\u003e, a gripping debut novel of female power and vulnerability, race, and class that explores the unlikely friendship between a precocious black girl and a mysterious white woman in a small Mississippi town in the early 1980s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1982, in rural, racially divided Ricksville, Mississippi \u003cem\u003eWade in the Water\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Ella, a black, unloved, precocious eleven-year-old, and Ms. St. James, a mysterious white woman from Princeton who appears in Ella's community to carry out some research. Soon, Ms. St. James befriends Ella, who is willing to risk everything to keep her new friend in a town that does not want her there. The relationship between Ella and Ms. St. James, at times loving and funny and other times tense and cautious, becomes more fraught and complex as Ella unwittingly pushes at Ms. St. James's carefully constructed boundaries that guard a complicated past, and dangerous secrets that could have devastating consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in two voices, Ella's and Ms. St. James's, and set around richly developed characters, this riveting, page turning coming of age story will keep readers entranced until the last shocking revelation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nyani Nkrumah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063226616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40705183318131,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4a4f838b-76e4-4a55-a096-5d61febe253f.jpg?v=1676388187","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/wade-in-the-water-9780063226616","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}