{"product_id":"mostly-white-9781937226954","title":"Mostly White","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"So compelling it gave me goosebumps from the very first pages.\" \u003cbr\u003e--ISABEL ALLENDE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA family saga: four generations of mixed-race African American, Native American, and Irish women experience intergenerational trauma as well as the healing brought by nature and music, leading to triumphant resilience. \u003ci\u003eMostly White \u003c\/i\u003ebegins in 1890 when Emma, a mixed-race Native American and African American girl, is beaten by nuns and confined in a closet for speaking her language at an Indian Residential school in Maine. From there, a tale that spans four generations of women unfolds. Emma's descendants suffer the effects of trauma, poverty, and abuse while fighting to form their own identities and honor the call of their ancestors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALISON HART\u003c\/b\u003e studied theater at New York University and later found her voice as a writer. She identifies herself as a mixed-race African American, Passamaquoddy Native American, Irish, Scottish, and English woman of color. Her poetry collection \u003ci\u003eTemp Words\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Cosmo Press in 2015, and her poems appear in \u003ci\u003eRed Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California\u003c\/i\u003e (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2016) and elsewhere. Hart lives in Alameda, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937226954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alison Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671219499164,"sku":"9781937226954","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad8385cb-0c97-4fbd-805b-02ff5f5a9e91.jpg?v=1603924861","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mostly-white-9781937226954","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}