{"product_id":"the-second-mrs-hockaday-paperback","title":"The Second Mrs. Hockaday - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Rivers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Major Gryffth Hockaday is called to the front lines of the Civil War, his new bride is left to care for her husband's three-hundred-acre farm and infant son. Placidia, a mere teenager herself living far from her family and completely unprepared to run a farm or raise a child, must endure the darkest days of the war on her own. By the time Major Hockaday returns two years later, Placidia is bound for jail, accused of having borne a child in his absence and murdering it. What really transpired in the two years he was away? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A love story, a story of racial divide, and a story of the South as it fell in the war, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Mrs. Hockaday \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how this generation--and the next--began to see their world anew.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Rivers was awarded the Julie Harris Playwriting Award for \u003ci\u003eOvernight Lows\u003c\/i\u003e and the New York Drama League Award for \u003ci\u003eUnder Statements.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the recipient of two playwriting grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. She holds an MFA in fiction writing and lives in South Carolina.\u003ci\u003e The Second Mrs. Hockaday\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Find her online at www.susanriverswriter.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693137006655,"sku":"9781616207366","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a105567fb51456b4b6b7a5a3f8a7e9e2.webp?v=1764997887","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-second-mrs-hockaday-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}