{"product_id":"book-gvls","title":"Dead Letters from Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1960, and \u003ci\u003eGunsmoke \u003c\/i\u003eis the most popular show on TV. Elvis Presley tops the Billboard charts, and a charismatic young senator named John F. Kennedy is running for president. And, in North Carolina, four young Black men sit down at a Woolworth's lunch counter and demand service. Enter Esther Jane (EJ) Cloud, a 40-something spinster who manages the Dead Letter Office at the Winston-Salem post office. EJ leads a quiet life in her Old Salem ancestral home and spends her free time volunteering in the town's 18th-century medicinal garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne sunny Spring morning, EJ's simple life is turned upside down when the town's master gardener unceremoniously hands her a stack of handwritten letters that have all been addressed to a nonexistent person at the garden. This simple act sets in motion a chain of events that will lead EJ on a life-altering quest to uncover the identity of the mysterious letter writer-and into a surprising head-on confrontation with the harsh realities of the racial injustice that is as deeply rooted in the life of her community as the ancient herbs cultivated in the Moravian garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen EJ is forced to read the letters to look for clues about the anonymous sender, what she discovers are lyrical tales of a forbidden passion that threaten to unravel the simple contours of her unexamined life. EJ's official quest soon morphs into a journey of self-discovery as she becomes more deeply enmeshed in the fate of the mysterious letter writer, \"Dorothea\". Her surprising accomplice in solving the mystery of the letters becomes one, Harrie Hart: a savvy, street smart 10-year-old, wielding an eye patch and a limitless supply of aphorisms. Together, Harrie and EJ make seminal pilgrimages to the tiny town of Paradise to try and uncover the identity of the mercurial sender and, ultimately, learn a better way to navigate the changing world around them. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67901365256496,"sku":"ZEgvls","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49356826509616,"sku":"10gvls","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gvls-Square-cover.webp?v=1790795503","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gvls","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}