{"product_id":"sugar-land-9781597096270","title":"Sugar Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a southern fried novel about love, Lead Belly, and liberation. According to a starred \u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e \"is a postcard of small-town Texas life from Prohibition through civil rights, tracing the treatment and awareness of gay people through these decades. The love child of Fannie Flagg and Rita Mae Brown...  a] ravishing debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's 1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend―who also happens to be a girl. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men. Once there, she befriends inmate and soon-to-be legendary blues singer Lead Belly, who sings his way out (true story)―but only after he makes her promise to free herself from her own prison. \u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumphant, beautiful novel about the heart's refusal to be denied what the heart wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597096270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tammy Lynne Stoner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661256519836,"sku":"9781597096270","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5f4b3fe0-7c13-436d-a14e-d47b945fb1af.jpg?v=1607646989","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sugar-land-9781597096270","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}