{"product_id":"against-the-ruins-linda-lightsey-rice-9781475917376","title":"Against the Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a December day in 1957, schoolteacher Louise Copeland and her six-year-old daughter, Lyra, come home to discover that Louise's gentle war-hero husband has suddenly become psychotic and has slashed his wrist with a razor blade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom that moment on, everything Louise has believed in unravels. In their inner-city Southern neighborhood, situated between a cemetery and a madhouse, a place of leafy oak trees and ghosts, three other people become involved in Louise's crisis: Rosa, the scandalous divorcee who entertains men for a living; Uta, the mysterious elderly lady who casts spells; and Max, the clairvoyant gravedigger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2004, as Louise is dying, her daughter returns home, and she and her mother confront how the family was torn asunder in 1957. Louise finally reveals the long-held secret that haunted the family for the next fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis poignant novel is a gripping drama of madness and prejudice in which a mother leaves her daughter, ultimately, with hope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Linda Lightsey Rice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Against the Ruins contains such gorgeous writing that it nearly takes your breath away, with a sense of humor and a fine appreciation of the ridiculous even amid great agony.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Natalie Goldberg \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rice has a fiery, incandescent talent.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Pat Conroy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Lightsey Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475917376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475917376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Linda Lightsey Rice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935535005951,"sku":"9781475917376","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4fdadab5-af2e-4bf9-99b3-3114f360a043.jpg?v=1681420359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-the-ruins-linda-lightsey-rice-9781475917376","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}