{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-9780385342780","title":"The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.\"--Alice Walker, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn, \u003c\/i\u003efor the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines's now-classic novel--written as an autobiography--spans one hundred years of Miss Jane's remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope--as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane's eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America--and stands as a landmark work for our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385342780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.32w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e729 \/ Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ernest J. Gaines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145913036981,"sku":"9780385342780","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_49428f83-755c-418e-b7d8-fbd60afa8a0b.jpg?v=1715699107","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-9780385342780","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}