{"product_id":"a-hundred-year-wind-richard-j-ackerman-9781634138147","title":"A Hundred-Year Wind: Reflective Poems","description":"The sharp bite of nostalgia, the wars we fight against others and against ourselves, and the gentle heartbreaks and joys that sneak up on us with each passing year: these are the ingredients of life, and the heart of \u003cem\u003eA Hundred-Year Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages we encounter Donald, who experiences a fresh slap of isolation when he returns to school after the loss of his family: \"By association, \/ Fate of an ordinary day, \/ Might go horribly wrong again.\" And Elva Lea, who \"Recalled the long journey \/ That began in a tiny bungalow scarcely a hundred miles away, \/ A place where eight people tried to reconstitute a family \/ And failed.\" We meet children who turn branches of oak trees into ships on waves of wind, and grandchildren who become \"an image on a computer screen talking to a camera.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith profound observations of the turmoil that marks each new generation, these poems become our own, and serve as a reminder of the strength of those who came before us, and of the resilience found in us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J. Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634138147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634138147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mill City Press, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Richard J. Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652394217727,"sku":"9781634138147","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f957aec-3834-41dc-8249-1204f01bf81e.jpg?v=1704215894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-hundred-year-wind-richard-j-ackerman-9781634138147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}