{"title":"Sanora Babb","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"whose-names-are-unknown","title":"Whose Names are Unknown","description":"\u003cb\u003e'In my years of researching the lost historical stories of resilient women, few have resonated with me\u003cbr\u003eas much as Sanora Babb. A journalist and writer, she was a true trailblazer and a woman who deserves\u003cbr\u003eto be remembered for her contributions to both literature and history'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristin Hannah, \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Four Winds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSanora Babb's long-lost novel is a powerfully moving vision of struggle and hope in Dust Bowl America that stands alongside the \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the vast, empty plains of Oklahoma, the Dunne family scratch out a hard living from the land. In their cramped one-room dugout, Milt, Julia, their two daughters and Milt's father, Konkie, share a life of hardship and hunger, but also one of fleeting hope and private dreams. Forced by the droughts and dust storms of the 1930s to abandon their farm, the Dunnes and their neighbours join the exodus to California, where they encounter not a promised land but discrimination, disillusionment - and the redemptive power of community. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on Babb's first-hand experience, \u003ci\u003eWhose Names Are Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartbreaking masterpiece by a trailblazing rediscovered voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sanora Babb, with quiet humour, and a great all-encompassing love for a land and her people, has created a warm hearth indeed in this book. I hold my hands out to it to be warmed' \u003cb\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thought-provoking description of the mystery, wonder and poetry of growing up in a pioneering environment. A vivid restoration of an important phase of American history' \u003cb\u003eRalph Ellison\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55686792806776,"sku":"9780349023151","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/collections\/author-sanora-babb.oembed","provider":"Virago Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}