{"product_id":"lester-lies-down-james-ladd-thomas-9786188600249","title":"Lester Lies Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eLester Gordon is an odd man, just like everybody else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's on the lower end of the spectrum, walking unnoticed in the world, just like so many others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter he loses his wife and the mother of his young children to cancer, he decides to sell his family's car wash and become a hospice nurse. He wants to comfort the dying just as his wife's hospice nurse had comforted their family. All went according to plan until Lester's first day of attending patients by himself. He feels he's made a terrible mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe soon learns one of his young sons is interested in drawing nude women and being a bookie for the neighborhood kids. An old friend shows up with a plea to hide out with his family to escape a couple of goons who are after her and the money she stole from an Oregon marijuana farm. And white dogs keep showing up with a curious interest in Lester. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's odd, full of anxiety and fear, troubled, and making stuff up as he goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust like everybody else. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertainly humorous and a bit absurd, \u003cem\u003eLester Lies Down\u003c\/em\u003e explores many economic and social issues, including cultural justice in the Deep South, mortality, the value of love in relationships, and the need for compassion for people who are different. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Ladd Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 6188600243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786188600249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d","brand":"James Ladd Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078880293119,"sku":"9786188600249","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98efe118-29ca-49e1-b1d4-fe3802578d42.jpg?v=1685478056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lester-lies-down-james-ladd-thomas-9786188600249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}