{"product_id":"african-princess-rita-burns-9781665723312","title":"African Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003eEthiopian heiress SaRita Appiah hides within the palace chambers while her parents await their dear friends, the Pittway family, who have arrived in Africa on one of the first steamships to sail in 1852. While five-year-old SaRita hopes her dear friend, Nala, will visit the next day for a secret tea party, she becomes fascinated with all of the fabulous places she can become invisible while her parents entertain their American guests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive years later, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn, leaving SaRita to rise to incredible challenges that take her from Ethiopia to Peru and eventually the tiny town of Gee's Bend, Alabama. It seems like only yesterday that she was tasting mandazi donuts and roasted apricot honey ice cr鑪e, and planning tea parties. As the Emancipation Proclamation is enacted, the Civil War begins, and her diverse experiences teach her valuable lessons, SaRita learns about her African American heritage, the art of quilting, and what royalty truly means as a chain of events unfolds that lead her to love, marriage, and new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this riveting historical saga, a young African princess endures monumental changes as her life journey takes her to America amid the Civil War era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665723319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665723312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Rita Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073963749631,"sku":"9781665723312","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75e6f651-fba6-49ce-9f96-d9873533cbed.jpg?v=1685450964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-princess-rita-burns-9781665723312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}