{"product_id":"i-been-in-sorrows-kitchen-and-licked-out-all-the-pots-paperback","title":"I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Straight's portrayal of a black woman's life is nearly miraculous in its astonishing richness of detail, its emotional honesty and its breadth of human thought and feeling.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvoking the Gullah-speaking 1950s community of Pine Gardens, South Carolina, \u003ci\u003eI Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots\u003c\/i\u003e follows Marietta Cook, a maid with a growing interest in the civil rights movement, as she raises talented twin boys destined for pro football glory and comes to find peace in an often unjust world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImbued with extraordinary resilience and joy, Susan Straight's debut is a celebration of an extraordinary soul and a novel with a beautifully vivid sense of place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e has published eight novels and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Women\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and received the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the O. Henry Prize, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 524\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45699489824965,"sku":"9781640093638","price":19.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ZUQ3bmgxc0J0K0lwSll4NG9HN1Yzdz09.webp?v=1769380371","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/i-been-in-sorrows-kitchen-and-licked-out-all-the-pots-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}