{"product_id":"he-included-me-the-autobiography-of-sarah-rice-9780820349787","title":"He Included Me: The Autobiography of Sarah Rice","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, \u003ci\u003eHe Included Me \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together the story of a black family--eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister--and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Rice recalls her mother's hymn of thanks--\"He Included Me\"--when God showed her a way to feed her family, and hears again her mother's quiet words, \"It's no disgrace to work. It's an honor to make an honest dollar,\" spoken when her children were embarrassed that she took in white people's laundry. Rice speaks, finally, of the determination, faith, and pride that carried her through life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a document that spans more than three-quarters of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eHe Included Me\u003c\/i\u003e presents the voice of a single woman whose life was rich in complexity, deep in suffering and joy; yet it also speaks for the many black women who have worked and struggled in the rural South and always looked ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\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 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820349787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Rice (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SARAH RICE (1909-2006) lived and worked in Alabama and Florida, holding jobs as a teacher and a domestic maid and cook. She was also active throughout her life in state and local church activities. Rice told the story of her life to Louise H. Westling, the daughter of one of her former employers and now a professor emerita of English at the University of Oregon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise H. Westling (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LOUISE H. WESTLING is a professor of English at the University of Oregon. She is the author or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eSacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198539935859,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_76451701-ac81-4ba6-94a8-485c2e105e6f.jpg?v=1656078340","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/he-included-me-the-autobiography-of-sarah-rice-9780820349787","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}