{"product_id":"unspoken-a-dust-novel-9781685136222","title":"Unspoken: A Dust Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Reminds me, in tone, of Texas classics like \u003cem\u003eThe Time it Never Rained\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGiant\u003c\/em\u003e. I loved it. Alexander is a great new talent in the genre of Texana.\" -W.F. Strong, author, \u003cem\u003eStories From Texas\u003c\/em\u003e, and radio commentator for NPR Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Farm Devastated. A Dream Destroyed. A Family Scattered. And One Texas Girl Determined to Salvage the Wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby Lee Becker can't breathe. It's 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. On Black Sunday, the biggest blackest storm of them all threatens ten-year-old Ruby with deadly dust pneumonia and requires a drastic choice -one her mother, Willa Mae, will forever regret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive, Ruby is forced to leave the only place she's ever known. Far from home in Waco, and worried her mother has abandoned her, she's determined to get back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven after twelve years, Willa Mae still clings to memories of her daughter. Unable to reunite with Ruby, she's broken by their separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough rollicking adventures and harrowing setbacks, the tenacious Ruby Lee embarks on her perilous quest for home -and faces her one unspoken fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart-wrenching and inspiring, the tale of Ruby Lee's dogged perseverance and Willa Mae's endless love for her daughter shines a light on women driven apart by disaster who bravely lean on one another, find comfort in remade families, and redefine what home means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eUnspoken \u003c\/em\u003egrabs your heart and doesn't let go. Ruby Lee Becker's silence is louder than any storm. The Texas Panhandle in \u003cem\u003eUnspoken\u003c\/em\u003e is tough country-storms, drought, loss-but Ruby meets it head-on. There's grit and grace here. \u003cem\u003eUnspoken \u003c\/em\u003ewill stick around in your mind, because legacy isn't just what's passed down. It's what you refuse to let slip away.\" -\u003cem\u003eHistorical Novel Society, EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685136222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jann Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403457491125,"sku":"9781685136222","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cecaf3bd-0c45-4314-b429-a13bf4b74998.jpg?v=1774969297","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unspoken-a-dust-novel-9781685136222","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}