{"product_id":"it-happened-in-silence-paperback","title":"It Happened in Silence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarla M. Jay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It Happened in Silence follows fifteen-year-old Willow Stewart, who has been mute since birth. She has one task to complete-to leave her Appalachian homestead and find a traveling preacher and her brother, Briar. When a peddler kidnaps her, she escapes only to face an unjust arrest and penal servitude. It's Georgia 1921. The laws are not on her side. Or her brother's. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBriar is serving time on a chain gang with four months left. When an immigrant boy asks him for help, Briar must decide if he should jeopardize his freedom to help the penniless boy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Willow and Briar become ensnared in a world of cruel secrets, savage truths, deceitful practices, and desperate predicaments. This is a powerful tale of family, a celebration of decency, and the heartbreak of society's injustices then that rings true today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel delves into the gut and sinew of fairness, probing often inexplicable questions, as old and persistent as the forest itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42743782932543,"sku":"9780578792514","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bcf5b9c9f6337796835f40e170f74a91.webp?v=1765165981","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/it-happened-in-silence-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}