{"product_id":"secessia-paperback","title":"Secessia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKent Wascom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the immensely talented author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gothic portrait of a city ravaged by war and struck by vice and disease--Civil War New Orleans. With his virtuosic, richly historical prose, Wascom carves a tale of insurrection and ill-advised romance, spanning one year in the city at the heart of Secessia, the rebellious just-conquered south. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew Orleans, May 1862. The largest city in the confederacy has fallen to Union troops under the soon-to-be-infamous General Benjamin \"the Beast\" Butler. When twelve-year-old Joseph Woolsack disappears from his home, he terrifies his mother, Elise, a mixed-race woman passing for white, and enrages his father, Angel, whose long and wicked life is drawing to a close. What follows forces mother and son into a dark new world: Joseph must come to grips with his father's legacy of violence and his growing sentiment for Cuban exile Marina Fandal, the only survivor of a shipwreck that claimed the lives of her parents. Elise must struggle to maintain a hold on her sanity, her son, and her own precarious station, but is threatened by the resurgence of a troubling figure from her past, Dr. Emile Sabatier, a fanatical physician who adores disease and is deeply mired in the conspiracy and intrigue surrounding the occupation of the city. Their paths all intersect with General Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts, a man who history will call a beast, but whose avarice and brutal acumen are ideally suited to the task of governing an \"ungovernable city.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting tale of greed and malformed love, of slavery and desperation, \u003ci\u003eSecessia\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a vivid tapestry of a dark period in New Orleans's turbulent history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKent Wascom s first novel, \"The Blood of Heaven,\" was named a best book of the year by the \"Washington Post\" and NPR. It was a semifinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan Award for First Fiction. Wascom was awarded the 2012 Tennessee Williams\/New Orleans Literary Festival Prize for Fiction. He lives in Louisiana.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689245052991,"sku":"9780802124968","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b7de568055f47d3b17ae6ef0f80e47e0.webp?v=1764984913","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/secessia-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}