{"product_id":"book-act8","title":"The Last Days of Dogtown","description":" \u003cp\u003eA magnificent storyteller with vast imaginative range, Anita Diamant gave voice to the silent women of the Old Testament in \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tent.\u003c\/i\u003e Now, in her third novel, she brings to vivid life an early New England world that history has forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on Cape Ann in the early 1800s, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Dogtown\u003c\/i\u003e is peopled by widows, orphans, spinsters, scoundrels, whores, free Africans, and \"witches.\" Among the inhabitants of Dogtown is Black Ruth, an African woman who dresses as a man and works as a stone mason; Mrs. Stanley, an imperious madam whose grandson, Sammy, comes of age in her rural brothel; Oliver Younger, who survives a miserable childhood at the hands of a very strange aunt; and Cornelius Finson, a freed slave whose race denies him everything. At the center of it all is Judy Rhines, a fiercely independent soul, deeply lonely, who nonetheless builds a life for herself and inspires those around her to become more generous and tolerant themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of hardship and resilience -- and an extraordinary re-creation of an untold chapter of early American life. With a keen ear for language and profound compassion for her characters, Diamant has created her most moving and powerful story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348336681264,"sku":"BDact8","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/203040-act8-Square.jpg?v=1734221283","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-act8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}