{"product_id":"out-of-darkness-shining-light-petina-gappah-9781982110338","title":"Out of Darkness, Shining Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2020 CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative, \u003ci\u003eOut of Darkness, Shining Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that lends voice to those who appeared only as footnotes in history, yet whose final, brave act of loyalty and respect changed the course of it. An incredible and important book by a masterful writer.\" ​--Yaa Gyasi, author of \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.\" \u003c\/i\u003eSo begins Petina Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa--the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor's sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, a rigidly pious freed slave, this is a story that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization--the hypocrisy at the core of the human heart--while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Petina Gappah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982110333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982110338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2019 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2019","brand":"Petina Gappah","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989601452287,"sku":"9781982110338","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af443876-55d7-46ad-b700-5af8e24bdcab.jpg?v=1683300446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-darkness-shining-light-petina-gappah-9781982110338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}