{"product_id":"afternoon-light-ralph-beer-9780997322125","title":"Afternoon Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1971, graduate student Ralph Beer has two main interests-experiencing the local drug scene and avoiding the horrors of the Vietnam War. Only a university deferment stands between him and the draft, but he has lost interest in his studies, instead becoming increasingly attracted to a beautiful, brilliant fellow student.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-three years old and flat broke, Ralph and Sheila drop out, leave their families behind, and drive north to central British Columbia, where they hope to build a log cabin and find permanent asylum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlone in the woods, they take up a mining claim, prepare the logs needed for their cabin, and begin to build. Shaped by the isolation of the wilderness around them, they grow tougher and more resilient, until, when their plans are thrown into turmoil, they have the courage and strength to face the world they had been avoiding in college.\u003c\/p\u003e A moving, often-funny, coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eAfternoon Light\u003c\/i\u003e recreates the chaos and uncertainty many young Americans felt during a defining moment in their country's history, as a brutal war and those who opposed it shaped the nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Beer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997322128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997322125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casey Peak Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d","brand":"Ralph Beer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927247290623,"sku":"9780997322125","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_33ee82a1-c0dd-4d53-a06b-70b26c561da9.jpg?v=1681087721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afternoon-light-ralph-beer-9780997322125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}