{"product_id":"charlottes-tree-9780595305506","title":"Charlotte's Tree","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a multi-generational saga based on true characters in LaFlorya Gauthier's family history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e There are three books: the first chronicles the life and times of Charlotte, LaFlorya's great-great grandmother who was raised by her free midwife Aunt Iona, and relates her epic struggles from 1827 to 1902. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book opens in Crystal Springs, Mississippi in the year 1827, on the day that an orphaned seven-year old Charlotte accompanies her Aunt Iona on a double mission: to bring Lucie Mae's baby into the world and to \"do\" for Miz Blaylock, wife of Doctor Blaylock who is Aunt Iona's sponsor and benefactor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the drama unfolds, Charlotte experiences vicissitudes of life in a small Mississippi town where slave owners and slave \"poachers\" are as menacingly unpredictable as the poverty of its black families is pervasive. Even the \"papers\" carefully wrapped in oiled parchment and carried as proof of status--freedom or \"owned\"--are not protection enough from abductions, murder, rape and mutilation. As Charlotte matures and emerges as the most capable midwife in the area, she marries a preacher and raises children of her own. But life in the backwaters of central Mississippi is changed forever by the events of the civil War and its aftermath. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the final scene of book one, an aging Charlotte and her young grandson are driving a battered buckboard back to Charlotte's old home where she plans to spend her final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595305506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Laflorya Gauthier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52136350515381,"sku":"9780595305506","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fdfc22e6-e647-4e54-8be3-bf2d5ff62f16.jpg?v=1767114100","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/charlottes-tree-9780595305506","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}