{"product_id":"charity-and-sylvia-1","title":"Charity and Sylvia","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Intensively researched and beautifully rendered... Walden used nearby resources to visualize the true story of seamstresses who shared a home for decades.\"-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn openly lesbian couple survives and thrives in 19th century Vermont-a true story, as told by Tillie Walden\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe month is February in the year 1807. The place is Weybridge, Vermont: small, cold, lonely, and beautiful. Sylvia Drake is exhausted. As an unwed woman with few prospects, she is residing with and caring for her sister's rambunctious family. Today the house is abuzz awaiting a guest--Charity Bryant. A friend of the family, she is most known for her elegant letters, with their swoopy and evocative penmanship and carefully chosen prose. But Charity's visit is a guise, she is coming to Vermont to start over after heartbreak and rumours--so many rumours--that have grown too loud back in Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeing openly gay in 19th century New England is not an easy row to hoe. But Charity can only be herself, and she immediately catches--and holds--the eye of none other than Sylvia Drake. From this point on, for 44 years, the two would be inseparable, building a life together despite all odds and living as a lesbian couple in small town Vermont. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe true, exceptional story of these remarkable women is brought to life with humor and passion by the unparalleled and award-winning Tillie Walden (Spinning, On A Sunbeam). We see America grow alongside these women over a period that brings about the railroad, many novels, 14 Presidents, riots, rebellion, plagues, and poetry. Based on extensive archives of their writing, Charity and Sylvia is a groundbreaking biography that is also the story of 19th century America.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48845359743181,"sku":"9781770468382","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_91ffe24b-aa9f-4f6e-bd6b-3c278ad33ddf.jpg?v=1792718427","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/charity-and-sylvia-1","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}