{"product_id":"a-season-in-lights-gregory-erich-phillips-9798212046893","title":"A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003ePassion, ambition, and escape in the colorful artistic underworld off-Broadway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCammie, a dancer in her thirties, has just landed her first part in a show since coming to New York City. Yet the tug of familial obligations and the guilt of what she sacrificed to be there weigh down her dancing feet. The early narrative follows the cast of the show, with a backstage glimpse into the chaotic and colorful world of struggling performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCammie's lover, Tom, an older piano player, came to the city as a young man in the 1980s with a story eerily in tune with Cammie's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough their triumphs and failures, both learn the fleetness of glory, the sweetness of new love, and how a dream come true isn't cherished until it's passed. The bright lights of the stage intoxicate, while degradation and despair lurk close behind the curtain. Their stories are marred by two viruses, AIDS in the 1980s and COVID-19 today, both of which ravaged the performing arts community, leaving a permanent scar on those who lived through them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCammie thinks she finally has her chance in a major show, until COVID forces the unthinkable--Broadway being shut down. The physical, financial, and emotional toll this takes on the dancers and musicians of the story is laid bare. The effort it took to survive even the next day in New York City becomes a stark reality for many of the characters. It took a lot of lucky breaks to make it here. This pandemic would undo a lot of lucky breaks for a lot of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Erich Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8212046893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798212046893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucid House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs","brand":"Gregory Erich Phillips","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":44079062253823,"sku":"9798212046893","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_889c9232-cac1-48b8-892c-947e0020d7c5.jpg?v=1685479083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-season-in-lights-gregory-erich-phillips-9798212046893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}