{"title":"Patricia J. McLean","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"ghosts-of-saint-pierre-paperback","title":"Ghosts of Saint-Pierre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of grief, ghosts, and the legacy of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosts of Saint-Pierre is a fictional biography based upon the real life of a man who left Saint-Pierre, Martinique a few short years before Mont Pelée buried the city in fire and ash, taking the lives of 30,000 souls, including all of his loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of Duane's own grandfather, Paul Poncy, who as a young man in Saint-Pierre was related to some of the richest and most powerful families of Martinique, families who built their fortunes off of the back of slavery and exploitation. Paul was a man who, in the face of tremendous personal loss, was never able to speak of his birthplace or the mixed race family he left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel, part historical biography, part ghost story, part love story, is told from the perspective of a forty year old father about to bury another son, a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19. The death has brought to the surface all of the ghosts and memories he thought he had buried forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of research and actual events of Paul Poncy's life, Ghosts of Saint-Pierre confronts personal grief and the poisonous legacies of slavery and colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67836249768159,"sku":"9798986152332","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/t6rW8zszge9798986152332.webp?v=1790763801"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/patricia-j-mclean.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}