{"product_id":"marys-place-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496238054","title":"Mary's Place; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496238054","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMary's Place\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharlotte Hinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496238054\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.506 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Powerful, touching and real, \u003ci\u003eMary's Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply woven understanding of the human spirit, its strength and its will to survive.\"-Milana Marsenich, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A fresh look at the Wild West-1980s style-pitting a Kansas farming family against bankers, weather, governmental bureaucracy, the FDIC, and each other. Charlotte Hinger writes with passion and authority, telling a poignant story that is unpredictable, powerful, and terribly real.”-Johnny D. Boggs, nine-time Spur Award–winning author\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMary’s Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, powerful novel, confidently twisty, that pits a beleaguered old banker against his lifelong friend.”-Kathleen O’Neal Gear, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“I was caught up with the real and powerful characters in \u003ci\u003eMary’s Place\u003c\/i\u003e and teared up at threats they might lose their farm. Then teared up again when something right and wonderful took place. I loved this book.”-Irene Bennett Brown, award-winning author of the Nickel Hill series\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“What happens when a national farm crisis falls on the heads of a troubled farm family? As told in this beautifully crafted, compelling novel, the calamity produces panic, hostility, self-doubt, and betrayal, but it also spawns startling outbursts of courage, self-sacrifice, and grit. . . . Charlotte Hinger gives us a universal tale of human frailty and the struggle for virtue contained within a single family’s fight to survive.”-Richard Edwards, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2025 Spur Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Iron and Mary Barrett’s farming family is rural royalty, their success symbolized by a magnificent three-story house, Mary’s Place. Years in the building, the house is a testament to Mary’s grit and organizational abilities. But when bank examiners apply new ratings for agricultural loans in the 1980s, the family’s belief that its prosperity is a natural outcome of hard work is sent reeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bank president J.C. Espy had never done anything crooked in his life until the FDIC changed the rules for agricultural loans. After becoming desperate to save his hundred-year-old bank, he worries that his resulting choice will cause his friend Iron to lose his land. Frantically J.C. works to convince Iron he will lose everything if he doesn’t comply with the new standards. In the meantime, both Iron and J.C. must negotiate with sons who have contempt for their fathers’ old-fashioned values. While Iron agonizes, Mary maneuvers to keep the family together and save the farm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary’s Place\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable tribute to the rural families who weathered one of the worst agricultural disasters in American history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chapter Two\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chapter Three\u003cbr\u003e 4. Chapter Four\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chapter Five\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chapter Six\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chapter Seven\u003cbr\u003e 8. Chapter Eight\u003cbr\u003e 9. Chapter Nine\u003cbr\u003e 10. Chapter Ten\u003cbr\u003e 11. Chapter Eleven\u003cbr\u003e 12. Chapter Twelve\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chapter Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e 14. Chapter Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e 15. Chapter Fifteen\u003cbr\u003e 16. Chapter Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e 17. Chapter Seventeen\u003cbr\u003e 18. Chapter Eighteen\u003cbr\u003e 19. Chapter Nineteen\u003cbr\u003e 20. Chapter Twenty\u003cbr\u003e 21. Chapter Twenty-One\u003cbr\u003e 22. Chapter Twenty-Two\u003cbr\u003e 23. Chapter Twenty-Three\u003cbr\u003e 24. Chapter Twenty-Four\u003cbr\u003e 25. Chapter Twenty-Five\u003cbr\u003e 26. Chapter Twenty-Six\u003cbr\u003e 27. Chapter Twenty-Seven\u003cbr\u003e 28. Chapter Twenty-Eight\u003cbr\u003e 29. Chapter Twenty-Nine\u003cbr\u003e 30. Chapter Thirty\u003cbr\u003e 31. Chapter Thirty-One\u003cbr\u003e 32. Chapter Thirty-Two\u003cbr\u003e 33. Chapter Thirty-Three\u003cbr\u003e 34. Chapter Thirty-Four\u003cbr\u003e 35. Chapter Thirty-Five\u003cbr\u003e 36. Chapter Thirty-Six\u003cbr\u003e 37. Chapter Thirty-Seven\u003cbr\u003e 38. Chapter Thirty-Eight\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600286576920,"sku":"9781496238054","price":18.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/marys-place-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496238054","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}