{"product_id":"daughters-of-the-revolution-carolyn-cooke-9780307741462","title":"Daughters of the Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, a clerical mistake threatens the prestigious but cash-strapped Goode School in the small New England town of Cape Wilde. After a century of all-male, old-boy education, the school accidentally admits its first female student: Carole Faust, a brilliant, outspoken, fifteen-year-old black girl whose arrival will have both an immediate and long-term effect on the prep school and everyone in its orbit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's the school's philandering headmaster, Goddard \"God\" Byrd, who had promised co-education \"over his dead body\" and who finds his syllabi full of dead white males and patriarchal tradition constantly challenged; there's EV, the daughter of God's widowed mistress who watches Carole's actions as she grows older with wide eyes and admiration; and, finally, there's Carole herself, who bears the singular challenge of being the First Girl in a world that's not quite ready to embrace her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030774146X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307741462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2012 pg. 24","brand":"Carolyn Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46135987699967,"sku":"9780307741462","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a59302a2-3cf5-42af-88c7-e91a95a1fbd1.jpg?v=1726415348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daughters-of-the-revolution-carolyn-cooke-9780307741462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}