{"product_id":"when-he-was-gone-carla-j-field-9798991119306","title":"When He Was Gone","description":"Elizabeth Garraux deeply loved her husband, Frederick, and he was willing to turn their lives upside down to please her. And yet, within years of a perilous Atlantic crossing, she ended up on her own in a new country with eleven children.\u003cbr\u003eSo how, during the tumultuous post-Civil War years in the deep South, was Elizabeth able to become a great success? It was a time of social upheaval, racial tension, and systemic misogyny, with women often treated as nothing more than their husband's property. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis novel is woven around the Garrauxs' true-life story -- one of triumphs and of tragedies so disturbing they were reported in newspapers across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth, five feet tall and 100 pounds, was truly indomitable. She shattered expectations and conquered adversity to create a new life in Greenville, South Carolina, despite her husband's mysterious absence.\u003cbr\u003eSeveral years ago, I discovered that we currently live on the land that was once her home. And Elizabeth's unrelating, insistent whispers from the past required that her story be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carla J. Field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991119306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hydrangea Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Carla J. Field","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825955066111,"sku":"9798991119306","price":13.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6bf82f0-7616-4816-bac6-fc931bcb64a0.jpg?v=1746074130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-he-was-gone-carla-j-field-9798991119306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}