{"product_id":"brothers-forever-craig-mayeux-9780595442195","title":"Brothers Forever: An Orphan Story","description":"Craig Mayeux's novel is a searing, searching portrait of mirth and misery, crammed with tender innocence, optimistic bonding and crashing sorrow-all weighed down by blind cultural precepts.\u003cp\u003e Two boys, who share a crib in a New York institution, are suddenly immersed as \"orphan train\" riders into Louisiana's Cajun\/Creole folkways. One is adopted by a childless, doting couple; the other is indentured to hard-luck, hardscrabble farmers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The former is spoiled beyond gratification; the other abused emotionally and physically with heart-aching, backbreaking servitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Throughout the continuing counterpoint of bare bones versus largesse, the boys stay true to their anthem of being Brothers Forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author knows of what he writes. His grandfather, George Leary, was an indentured \"orphan train\" boy, who traveled from New York to Cottonport, Louisiana in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Myron Tassin\u003cbr\u003e Author\/co-author of 20 books, including, \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Me Lord? Recollections of a Cottonpicker\u003cbr\u003e Nous Sommes Acadiens\/We Are Acadians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Mayeux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595442196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595442195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Mayeux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435563888895,"sku":"9780595442195","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea1e4cb8-6bb9-42e0-89ec-54d0dcfb6ad9.jpg?v=1777151213","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brothers-forever-craig-mayeux-9780595442195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}