{"title":"Christopher Tilghman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Tilghman\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts stories steeped in rich American landscapes, exploring complex characters and intimate human experiences. His work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eOn the Tobacco Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a thoughtful blend of historical depth and contemporary resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect evocative narratives that delve into themes of heritage, memory, and personal transformation. Tilghman's fiction is marked by its subtle grace and quietly powerful storytelling within the realm of general fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"on-the-tobacco-coast-by-christopher-tilghman-9781250371843","title":"On the Tobacco Coast","description":"The culmination of Christopher Tilghman's great Chesapeake saga, a story spanning four centuries of an American family.\n\nIt is the Fourth of July 2019, and the Mason family is gathering at their historic Chesapeake farm, Mason's Retreat. It isn't everyone's favorite party, but Harry Mason has once again goaded his wife, Kate, and their children into hosting a celebratory dinner. Their oldest, Rosalie, is having trouble with her marriage; the youngest, Ethan, is in the throes of a fitful first relationship. In between, Eleanor despairs over her stalled novel, a fictionalized memoir of the wife of the first Mason settler, who landed there in 1659.\n\nKate, recovering from a second round of chemotherapy, is at the center of this ritual of remembrance. Tart and candid, she asks her husband, \"What crime against humanity did your family not commit on that land?\" And so it is more or less inevitable that when the clan, joined by a cast of neighbors and French cousins, sits down for dinner, the question of how they should think and feel about their past comes to the fore.\n\nTold with irony and deep insight, On the Tobacco Coast is Christopher Tilghman's concluding meditation on the themes of his novels about this ancestral monument: pride and shame in its long history, the persistence of family stories, race and privilege, the enigmas and customs of regions. It reflects on the state of America today, with its battles over its own history and efforts to reckon with the wrongs of the past while looking forward to an uncertain, more just future.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243488850156,"sku":"9781250371843","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250371843-on-the-tobacco-coast-1.jpg?v=1787986026"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/christopher-tilghman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}