{"product_id":"ironhead-or-once-a-young-lady-9781646140480","title":"Ironhead, Or, Once a Young Lady","description":"Eighteen-year-old Constance is not interested in marriage or in being a young lady. But for a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, that's just about all that's available to her. When her parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Stance couldn't possibly find her newfound husband less appealing, but what can she do? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere's what: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour months into the marriage, she can slip out of their bed in the middle of the night, and she can put on his clothes. She can look in the mirror and like what she sees. She can sneak out of the house before dawn and visit the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offer to take his place. Vive l'Empereur! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHot on Stance's tail all the while is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. (The battlefield is no place for a young lady, after all.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIronhead, or, Once A Young Lady\u003c\/i\u003e is the riotous and powerful story of a fierce renegade, and the silly men who try to bring her down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Levine Querido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646140480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574548308149,"sku":"9781646140480","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d4c0973-a8b5-4772-8e84-fdc76a3f88d7.jpg?v=1643695803","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ironhead-or-once-a-young-lady-9781646140480","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}