{"product_id":"ginny-heather-homan-9798316092994","title":"Ginny: A Yearning to Belong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinny: A Yearning to Belong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years after the Civil War, survival often demanded impossible choices.\u003cbr\u003eWhen twelve-year-old Ginny stands beside the grave of the only mother who ever claimed her as daughter, she understands one thing: her life will not remain as it was. The aging man who once sheltered her can no longer protect her, and in the weeks that follow, she is quietly folded into a household where her place is uncertain and her worth openly questioned.\u003cbr\u003eThey call her simple.\u003cbr\u003eThey call her slow.\u003cbr\u003eThey call her \"Dumb ol' Ginny.\"\u003cbr\u003eWhat they do not see is the mind working fiercely beneath the silence - a girl listening, remembering, measuring every word spoken over her life as though it were final judgment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the name others give her begins to settle like dust, Ginny must decide whether she will live inside it... or step beyond it.\u003cbr\u003eSet against the uneasy backdrop of Reconstruction-era Georgia, \u003ci\u003eGinny: The Name They Gave Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of displacement, endurance, and the quiet awakening of a young woman who refuses to be defined by the voices that sought to diminish her.\u003cbr\u003eSome names are given.\u003cbr\u003eOthers are earned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for readers of emotionally layered Southern historical fiction and family sagas centered on strong women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Homan,Gary M. Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798316092994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Heather Homan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851194970367,"sku":"9798316092994","price":9.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ginny-heather-homan-9798316092994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}