{"product_id":"a-pearl-for-kizzy-ed-bethune-9781533562128","title":"A Pearl for Kizzy: A World War II Novel","description":"Kizzy, a spirited child, lives with her family on a one-room ramshackle houseboat in Big Pearl, Arkansas. They fish, dig for mussels, look for pearls, and sell the shells to the button factory. It is a crude life made harder by the Great Depression, natural disasters, and prejudice. At the onset of World War II, Kizzy befriends a young boy-a refugee from Nazi Germany-and a cultured young woman who encourages her to read and learn from Jane Austen's books. Kizzy yearns for a better life, but as she comes of age her dream of getting off the river is threatened by the evil Bully Bigshot and his Eugenics Center, a corrupt outfit that wants to rid the world of \"river rats\" like her through abortion and \"better breeding.\" ... And there is Cormac, the lascivious man Kizzy calls her \"make-do stepfather.\" Kizzy's struggle mimics today's culture war. Daring, but realistic, the novel examines love, pride, compassion, courage, hope, morality, and duty-the things that inform and shape our destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Bethune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1533562121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781533562128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d","brand":"Ed Bethune","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756747288831,"sku":"9781533562128","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_390d8107-cb22-40f6-ab0e-183e58c24c2f.jpg?v=1706593752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-pearl-for-kizzy-ed-bethune-9781533562128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}