{"product_id":"educating-sadie-alayne-smith-9781087826257","title":"Educating Sadie","description":"\u003cp\u003eEducating Sadie follows one woman's struggle to help another woman rise above a life of poverty and abuse in nineteenth-century Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Oglesby, a first-year teacher, meets Sadie Wiggins, a sharecropper's wife, on the night of the first open house at her new school. Childless, Sadie is drawn to the school: she's bright and wants to learn. The relationship develops when Amanda invites Sadie to attend daily school classes. Amanda, convinced of Sadie's intellect, is determined to offer Sadie an education despite the counterproductive efforts of Sadie's abusive husband. A benevolent school board chairman, a beloved boarding house owner, a midwife, a handsome plantation owner, and a misanthrope move in the background of Educating Sadie, a portrait of the American South at the turn of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducating Sadie was a finalist in the William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alayne Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 108782625X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781087826257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cactus Moon Publications, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d","brand":"Alayne Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941176344831,"sku":"9781087826257","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2b32c8a6-3326-459e-82a7-0ca34f757830.jpg?v=1681451364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/educating-sadie-alayne-smith-9781087826257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}