{"product_id":"all-of-us-together-in-matthew-vollmer-9798885740050","title":"All of Us Together in the End","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Of Us Together In The End\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical examination of transformation after loss, by a writer \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"irresistible\" and \"utterly convincing.\"\u003c\/b\u003eVollmer's family memoir shimmers with wonder and enchantment and begins with the death of his mother from early-onset Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Soon after, flashing lights and floating orbs appear in the woods surrounding his family's home in rural North Carolina, where his widowed father lives. Formative memories of having been raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church resurge in Vollmer's mind, hastening self-reexamination and reckoning.He corresponds with a retired geology professor about \"ghost lights,\" which supposedly occur more in North Carolina than any other American state. He scrolls TikTok. He contacts an eccentric shaman who lives in Spain to have transcendental psychotherapy administered over Zoom. And then Jolene emerges, a woman endeared for decades to Vollmer's father, holding secrets to their family's past.Amidst the turmoil and loneliness of the pandemic, \u003ci\u003eAll of Us Together in the End \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant and often humorous investigation into belief set in a time where it seems people will believe anything. It is an elegiac affirmation of the awesome, strange, otherworldly ways our loved ones remain alive to us, even when they are out of reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Vollmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885740057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885740050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Matthew Vollmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072125530367,"sku":"9798885740050","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da87df3a-c6fe-4e19-8db3-c3cd651427c6.jpg?v=1685440103","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-of-us-together-in-matthew-vollmer-9798885740050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}