{"product_id":"lanterns-in-the-dark-michelle-hoffmann-9798249183615","title":"Lanterns in the Dark: How Wokeness Became a Threat to Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey told you \"woke\" was the problem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if the real problem is what happens when people stop pretending?\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eLANTERNS IN THE DARK: How Wokeness Became a Threat to Power\u003c\/b\u003e, Ella Quinn isn't trying to start a movement-she's trying to survive her life. But one small moment in a grocery store cracks something open, and suddenly she can't unsee what Briar County has trained its people to normalize: hunger treated like a moral failure, \"policy\" used to disguise harm, and charity designed to keep people grateful instead of free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ella teams up with a nurse, a teacher, and a systems-minded organizer, awareness turns into action. They build quiet alternatives-mutual aid without shame, practical policy proposals, and community infrastructure that actually works. And then the backlash begins. Smears. Moral panic. Pressure on jobs and relationships. A system that doesn't argue-because it doesn't have to. It just labels you, isolates you, and waits for you to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about what \"wokeness\" really is when it's healthy: not performance, not purity, not outrage-but \u003cb\u003eclarity, courage, and collective repair.\u003c\/b\u003e Because the fight isn't left vs. right. It's truth vs. control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like sharp, grounded political fiction with a strong, sarcastic lead-and a hope that's built from real choices, not fantasy-this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249183615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Michelle Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997497471231,"sku":"9798249183615","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lanterns-in-the-dark-michelle-hoffmann-9798249183615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}