{"product_id":"blessings-and-disasters-alexis-okeowo-9781250871824","title":"Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster....\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery--the former seat of the Confederacy--as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family's story with Alabama's, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often-pigeonholed home state. She immerses us in a landscape dominated today not by cotton fields but by Amazon warehouses, encountering high-powered Christian business leaders lobbying for tribal sovereignty and small-town women coming out against conservative politics. Okeowo shows how people can love their home while still acknowledging its sins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this perspective-shifting work that is both an intimate memoir and a journalistic triumph, Okeowo investigates her life, other Alabamians' lives, and the state's lesser-known histories to examine why Alabama has been the stage for the most extreme results of the American experiment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexis Okeowo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250871824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250871824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alexis Okeowo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452956360959,"sku":"9781250871824","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0fd977e-eed0-4d83-b88d-6b265211ad60.jpg?v=1761931360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blessings-and-disasters-alexis-okeowo-9781250871824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}