{"product_id":"slaves-in-the-family-edward-ball-9780374534455","title":"Slaves in the Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, \u003ci\u003e Slaves in the Family \u003c\/i\u003eis reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ball family hails from South Carolina--Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery under the Balls or were bought by them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSlaves in the Family, \u003c\/i\u003eEdward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, \u003ci\u003eSlaves in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e is, in the words of Pat Conroy, \"a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word 'family.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374534454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e83331 \/ Slaves in the Family\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edward Ball","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046138736895,"sku":"9780374534455","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36fec249-b956-4088-a547-8e658ffd48d1.jpg?v=1684982859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slaves-in-the-family-edward-ball-9780374534455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}