{"product_id":"the-promise-of-the-pelican-paperback","title":"The Promise of the Pelican - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Harper Lee and Rita Mae Brown, Roy Hoffman's new novel is steeped in a sense of place--coastal Alabama--with its rich tapestry of characters caught in a web of justice not for all.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Pelican: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Roy Hoffman has written a fast-paced, mesmerizing and incredibly moving contemporary novel about human and civil rights,\"-- bestselling author Lee Smith \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A thrilling novel, with characters as memorable as those of Shakespearean tragedy...I could not put it down.\" --Sena Jeter Naslund, author of \u003ci\u003eAhab's Wife \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once a literary crime novel and an intergenerational family drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Pelican\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the multicultural South, where justice might depend on the color of your skin and your immigration status. Hank Weinberg is a modern day Atticus Finch, recently retired as a defense attorney in Mobile, Alabama, and a Holocaust survivor, who fled the Nazis as a young child. With his daughter in rehab, he's now taking care of his special needs grandson. Mourning his dead wife, spending mornings fishing on the pier with other octogenarians, he passes the rest of his days watching over his sweet grandson with the help of Lupita, a young Honduran babysitter. When her brother Julio, an undocumented immigrant, is accused of murder, Hank must return to the courtroom to defend him while also trying to save his daughter and grandson's life from spinning out of control. \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Pelican\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from the legend that a pelican will pierce its own breast for blood to feed its starving chicks, a metaphor for one old man who risks all to save the vulnerable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a crisp prose style Harper Lee called \"lean and clean,\" Hoffman writes from an enormous well of compassion. He fills his new novel with a cast of finely drawn characters of all ages and abilities facing life's harshest challenges and rising to meet them with dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Hoffman \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eCome Landfall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicken Dreaming Corn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlmost Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and nonfiction \u003ci\u003eAlabama Afternoons \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBack Home\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand was a journalist and speechwriter in New York before returning south. He has reviewed numerous works for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eand is on the faculty of Spalding University's Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing. A native of Mobile and Tulane University graduate, he resides in Fairhope, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.82 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460998938802,"sku":"9781956763911","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/dfe618c81d4fe2cce121637e4dcf854d.webp?v=1778937739","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-promise-of-the-pelican-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}