{"product_id":"guns-under-the-bed-jody-a-forrester-9781922311054","title":"Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1969 and Jody A. Forrester is in her late teens, transitioning from a Sixties love child to pacifist anti-Vietnam War activist to an ardent revolutionary. Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary revolves around her three years in the Revolutionary Union, a Communist organization advocating armed overthrow of the ruling class. In readiness for the uprising, she sleeps with two rifles underneath her bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of millions protesting the war, what sets Jody apart her from her peers is her decision to join a group espousing Mao Tse Tung's ideology of class war. But why? How does she come to embrace violence as the only solution to the inequities inherent in a capitalist empire? To answer that question, Jody goes into her past, and in the process comes to realize that what she always thought of as political is also deeply personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a coming-of-age story, this memoir tells universal truths about seeking a sense of belonging not found in her family with themes of shame, pride, secrecy, self-valuation, and self-acceptance explored in context of the culture and politics of that volatile period in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jody A. Forrester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922311057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922311054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Odyssey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2020","brand":"Jody A. Forrester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990865838335,"sku":"9781922311054","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9de8fc9d-7d7a-4cf2-9b36-8d4b03f40db6.jpg?v=1683307136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guns-under-the-bed-jody-a-forrester-9781922311054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}