{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-oprahs-book-club-9780385542364","title":"The Underground Railroad Oprahs Book Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. \u003cb\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003eNow an original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned—Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor—engineers and conduct","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401959776599,"sku":"9780385542364","price":20.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780385542364.jpg?v=1730478983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad-oprahs-book-club-9780385542364","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}