{"product_id":"sequestered-lynne-baumgardt-9780595522934","title":"Sequestered","description":"\u003ci\u003eSequestered\u003c\/i\u003e takes place 1973, six years after the race riots in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Shelley Sommers has been sequestered on a jury for 26 days with no end in sight. One young black man is on trial for murdering another young black man during an inner city neighborhood feud. To pass the long, frustrating hours, and to help sort out her own embarrassingly passionate attraction to one of the bailiffs assigned to the jury, she decides to keep a journal, her own private \"history\". \u003cp\u003e Isolated from society with strangers who are not allowed to discuss the on-going trial, 31-year-old Shelley, a Milwaukee Public School High School history teacher, is forced to take stock of her life and her marriage. She realizes that she does not miss her husband but also realizes that such a bizarre environment may engender bizarre reactions. Can she trust her feelings for handsome Neil Bronson, also a stranger to her? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And although the jurors make every effort, they are ultimately split along racial lines when they must finally hammer out a verdict. Shelley surprises herself by tapping into unknown inner resources to help them find consensus. Her \"history\" becomes one of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynne Baumgardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595522939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595522934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynne Baumgardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435575324927,"sku":"9780595522934","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b38b1c7f-38db-488a-a33c-9869fa9a5e41.jpg?v=1777151291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sequestered-lynne-baumgardt-9780595522934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}