{"product_id":"a-meeting-in-the-rain-bryan-snyder-9781958860120","title":"A Meeting in the Rain: Tales of Multigenerational Homelessness and the Struggle for Homeless Rights in America","description":"For Nancy McCradie, living homeless on the streets of Santa Barbara was both the adventure and the challenge of a lifetime. As a newborn, she'd slept in the back of a Buick with her parents during a housing crisis after World War II. Three decades later, Nancy was forced to live in a camper herself so her own family could survive, and she maintained that tenuous existence for almost thirty-five years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an account of one woman's fight for the rights of homeless individuals in one of the most affluent communities in California. Nancy was at the forefront of political action during the height of the Reagan Administration, engaging in acts of street theater and subversion and helping turn the riffraff of Santa Barbara into seasoned political activists. At a time when the homeless were barred from voting and could be arrested for sleeping outdoors, Nancy was determined to bring attention to a segment of society that the nation would rather forget... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e...even if she had to walk across the continent to do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Meeting in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of resilience, grit, and the refusal to accept a community's treatment of its poorest citizens, told with striking eloquence and a dose of wicked humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Snyder, Nancy McCradie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958860123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958860120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moreton Bay Freedom Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Bryan Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46907027685631,"sku":"9781958860120","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b41b5a49-ef21-46dd-8bf8-3bb3a6361163.jpg?v=1748772098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-meeting-in-the-rain-bryan-snyder-9781958860120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}