{"product_id":"zeal","title":"Zeal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e People\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A beautiful tale.\" --Jason Reynolds, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTwenty-four Seconds from Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThis Will Be My Undoing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaul Baby\u003c\/em\u003e returns with an epic, multi-generational novel that illuminates the legacy of slavery and the power of romantic love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarlem, 2019. Ardelia and Oliver are hosting their engagement party. As the guests get ready to leave, he hands her a love letter on a yellowing, crumbling piece of paper . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatchez, 1865. Discharged from the Union Army as a free man after the war's end, Harrison returns to Mississippi to reunite with the woman he loves, Tirzah. Upon his arrival at the Freedmen's Bureau, though, he catches the eye of a woman working there, who's determined to thwart his efforts to find his beloved. After tragedy strikes, Harrison resigns himself to a life with her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile in Louisiana, the newly free Tirzah is teaching at a freedmen's school, and discovers an advertisement in the local paper looking for her. Though she knows Harrison must have placed it, and longs to find him, the risks of fleeing are too great, and Tirzah chooses the life of seeming security right in front of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning over a hundred and fifty years, Morgan Jerkins's extraordinary novel intertwines the stories of these star-crossed lovers and their descendants. As Tirzah's family moves across the country during the Great Migration, they challenge authority with devastating consequences, while the legacy of heartbreak and loss continues on in the lives of Harrison's progeny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ardelia meets Oliver, she finds his family's history is as full of secrets and omissions as her own. Could their connection be a cosmic reconciliation satisfying the unfulfilled desires of their ancestors, or will the weight of the past, present and future tear them apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweeping, textured, and meticulously researched, \u003cem\u003eZeal\u003c\/em\u003e is both a story of how one generation's choices reverberate through the years and an indelible portrait of an enduring love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049130672364,"sku":"9780063234086","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_68867fc2-21cf-4f00-a65d-76cc3ba0ff66.jpg?v=1764624268","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/zeal","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}