{"product_id":"the-bones-of-the-baobab-karin-elder-9781982281878","title":"The Bones of the Baobab Tree","description":"Set in South Carolina, USA, 18th Century.\u003cp\u003e A story of slaves. Based on fact, embellished in empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Main character Nicholas. Born on a plantation in 1767. Taken from his mother aged seven, by his Masters' worker Barn, who heads up the boys for the Moloch cult. Nicholas is initiated. Seeds are sown for Nicholas to become a deranged psychotic. He has a penchant for white females.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Khat, delicate, timorous. Shunned by mother and siblings is raised by her grandmother En; a high priestess versed in voodoo. Is En a force for good or evil? Khat is taken, sold to a wealthy plantation owner. With his first wife he was kind, generous, loving. She died in childbirth. He remarried a harridan, a malicious, vindictive woman. Hence: he became a malevolent, obese, caricature, the antithesis of a South Carolina gentleman. Beth the head cook enfolds Khat. Does she influence Nicholas's and Khat's destiny?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is the novel about white oppression and black submission, or does good triumph?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Plucked from their traditional culture in Africa. Pitched into a white culture of manners, finery, folly and frivolity. Their lives could be forever destroyed. Or could they draw on their own native spirit, the supernatural with a tincture of voodoo - to survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The topic thought to be stale, even arid. But my story not only touch the heart of human nature. It pierces its very bowels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.\" Richard Lovelace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karin Elder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982281871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982281878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balboa Press UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karin Elder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486639436031,"sku":"9781982281878","price":36.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2450198d-0c60-43f5-b08c-777188e05a32.jpg?v=1778056174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bones-of-the-baobab-karin-elder-9781982281878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}