{"product_id":"sing-in-the-morning-cry-at-night-9781617752278","title":"Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e--Nominated for a 2014 Lime Award for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An earnest, well-done historical novel that skillfully blends fact and fiction.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Solomon enticingly described the novel \u003cem\u003eSing in the Morning, Cry at Night\u003c\/em\u003e by Barbara J. Taylor (Akashic), set in a coal-mining town in 1913, as 'one of those sit on the couch and don't bother me' reads.\" --\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness, NCIBA Spring Rep Picks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost everyone in town blames eight-year-old Violet Morgan for the death of her nine-year-old sister, Daisy. \u003cem\u003eSing in the Morning, Cry at Night\u003c\/em\u003e opens on September 4, 1913, two months after the Fourth of July tragedy. Owen, the girls' father, \"turns to drink\" and abandons his family. Their mother Grace falls victim to the seductive powers of Grief, an imagined figure who has seduced her off-and-on since childhood. Violet forms an unlikely friendship with Stanley Adamski, a motherless outcast who works in the mines as a breaker boy. During an unexpected blizzard, Grace goes into premature labor at home and is forced to rely on Violet, while Owen is \"off being saved\" at a Billy Sunday Revival. Inspired by a haunting family story, \u003cem\u003eSing in the Morning, Cry at Night\u003c\/em\u003e blends real life incidents with fiction to show how grace can be found in the midst of tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaylie Jones Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617752278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara J. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43766808543413,"sku":"9781617752278","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_554dc67e-0706-4f23-857c-3a356230f2a9.jpg?v=1710818792","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sing-in-the-morning-cry-at-night-9781617752278","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}