{"product_id":"when-he-was-gone-paperback","title":"When He Was Gone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Garraux deeply loved her husband, Frederick, and he was willing to turn their lives upside down to please her. And yet, within years of a perilous Atlantic crossing, she ended up on her own in a new country with eleven children.\u003cbr\u003eSo how, during the tumultuous post-Civil War years in the deep South, was Elizabeth able to become a great success? It was a time of social upheaval, racial tension, and systemic misogyny, with women often treated as nothing more than their husband's property. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis novel is woven around the Garrauxs' true-life story -- one of triumphs and of tragedies so disturbing they were reported in newspapers across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth, five feet tall and 100 pounds, was truly indomitable. She shattered expectations and conquered adversity to create a new life in Greenville, South Carolina, despite her husband's mysterious absence.\u003cbr\u003eSeveral years ago, I discovered that we currently live on the land that was once her home. And Elizabeth's unrelating, insistent whispers from the past required that her story be told.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102608298207,"sku":"9798991119306","price":18.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QKKFiF32N_9798991119306.webp?v=1781083583","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/when-he-was-gone-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}