{"product_id":"arusha-j-e-knowles-9781935226093","title":"Arusha","description":"Edith Rignaldi clearly understands that she and husband Joe remain together for the sake of their children. It is why they married in the first place. But she never foresaw the lifeless emotional landscape they both now occupy after eighteen years together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Teachers in a small, God-fearing Tennessee town, they cannot insulate themselves entirely from the cultural encroachment of the late '80s: the inexorable march of the feminist and gay rights movements, the spread of the AIDS epidemic. When the faithful, steadfast Joe is finally overwhelmed by his desire for men, the lives of all four Rignaldis explode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the town turned against the disgraced family, the teenaged children Dana and Jeremy repudiate their parents to seek their own answers. And as for Edith-a woman named Linda enters her life. A woman unlike any Edith has ever known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The journey of Edith and Linda lands them in an African town named Arusha, on a godly mission to witness the Rwanda peace talks. It is a place where Edith will face the ultimate challenge to her emotionally and sexually shut-down life and to everything she has ever believed in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eArusha\u003c\/i\u003e is the compelling story of four achingly real people-and you will not soon forget any of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. E. Knowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935226096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935226093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spinsters Ink Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.38w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist","brand":"J. E. Knowles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074235494655,"sku":"9781935226093","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7039ec20-c827-4257-acf9-0dbab7bf1acd.jpg?v=1685452577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arusha-j-e-knowles-9781935226093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}