{"product_id":"book-f28e","title":"A Ballad of Love and Glory","description":"\u003cb\u003e2023 International Latino Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Texas Institute of Letters’s Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Long Petal of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e in this “epic and exquisitely wrought” (Patricia Engel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight, at first for their survival and then for their love, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American War—from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA forgotten war. An unforgettable romance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with México over the disputed Río Grande boundary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband’s memory and defend her country, Ximena uses her healing skills as a nurse on the frontlines of the ravaging war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, John Riley, an Irish immigrant in the Yankee army desperate to help his family escape the famine devastating his homeland, is sickened by the unjust war and the unspeakable atrocities against his countrymen by nativist officers. In a bold act of defiance, he swims across the Río Grande and joins the Mexican Army—a desertion punishable by execution. He forms the St. Patrick’s Battalion, a band of Irish soldiers willing to fight to the death for México’s freedom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Ximena and John meet, a dangerous attraction blooms between them. As the war intensifies, so does their passion. Swept up by forces with the power to change history, they fight not only for the fate of a nation but for their future together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “A grand and soulful novel by a storyteller who has hit her full stride” (Julia Alvarez, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA Ballad of Love and Glory\u003c\/i\u003e effortlessly illuminates a largely forgotten moment in history that impacts the US–México border to this day.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346769256752,"sku":"BDf28e","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346769355056,"sku":"10f28e","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f28e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770741747","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f28e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}