{"product_id":"ghosts-of-saint-pierre-duane-poncy-9798986152332","title":"Ghosts of Saint-Pierre","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel of grief, ghosts, and the legacy of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosts of Saint-Pierre is a fictional biography based upon the real life of a man who left Saint-Pierre, Martinique a few short years before Mont Pelée buried the city in fire and ash, taking the lives of 30,000 souls, including all of his loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of Duane's own grandfather, Paul Poncy, who as a young man in Saint-Pierre was related to some of the richest and most powerful families of Martinique, families who built their fortunes off of the back of slavery and exploitation. Paul was a man who, in the face of tremendous personal loss, was never able to speak of his birthplace or the mixed race family he left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel, part historical biography, part ghost story, part love story, is told from the perspective of a forty year old father about to bury another son, a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19. The death has brought to the surface all of the ghosts and memories he thought he had buried forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of research and actual events of Paul Poncy's life, Ghosts of Saint-Pierre confronts personal grief and the poisonous legacies of slavery and colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duane Poncy,Patricia J. McLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986152332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duane Poncy and Patricia J McLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.04d","brand":"Duane Poncy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742888079615,"sku":"9798986152332","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-of-saint-pierre-duane-poncy-9798986152332","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}