{"product_id":"like-unto-like-sherwood-bonner-9781570031847","title":"Like Unto Like","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age story and commentary on the trials of womanhood in the Reconstruction South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1878 after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow recommended it to Harper and Brothers, \u003ci\u003eLike Unto Like\u003c\/i\u003e marks the emergence of a feminist critique of southern society a full generation before Ellen Glasgow and Kate Chopin published their well-known works. The novel follows a romance between a free-spirited, intellectual southerner, Blythe Herndon, and a former abolitionist and Union soldier, Roger Ellis. Seeing marriage to an outsider as an escape from the strictures of southern society, Blythe soon realizes that even Roger will expect deference from his wife. She acknowledges her inability, despite a desire to be free from convention, to accept Roger's egalitarian views on race relations, his notions of free love, and his past affair with a married woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to warning female readers of the potential dangers of marriage, Bonner recognizes the importance of race in southern attitudes and breaks new ground in creating a range of African American characters. Jane Turner Censer's new introduction accords Bonner the long-delayed literary recognition she deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherwood Bonner,Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570031843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570031847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1997 pg. 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1997 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/1997","brand":"Sherwood Bonner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453795217663,"sku":"9781570031847","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b95f293a-54a5-4422-9786-c533949a82f6.jpg?v=1777302352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-unto-like-sherwood-bonner-9781570031847","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}