{"product_id":"purple-fables-ingo-swann-9781949214901","title":"Purple Fables: Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If a fable is a legendary story of supernatural happenings,\" Mr. Swann says, \"or a narration intended to enforce a useful truth, then these four \u003cem\u003eare\u003c\/em\u003e fables--which shouldn't be confused with fairy tales targeted only for children. These, then, are tales for kind and loving people of all ages.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Temple of Sanity\" tells of an idea that became a reality and grew into an insitution, only to develop rules and leaders, cliques and critics . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Clay-Modeling Lesson\" tells of the four identical boys separated at birth and raised Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and atheist, and how they met as representatives of their respective communities . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Fate and Destiny of a Traveling Clairvoyant\" tells of a woman with a special talent, who found that people prefer seeing dimly to seeing clearly . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Watcher of the Purple River\" tells of an old woman and a young man, and how she taught him to watch the river of life . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese fables came to Ingo Swann as a gift from a part of himself: He awoke four mornings in a row and literally \u003cem\u003ehad \u003c\/em\u003eto write them. They have in common a gentle wisdom, a kindness, an empathy, that will make them immediately precious--and then unforgettable--to the reader whose heart is open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingo Swann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949214907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949214901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swann-Ryder Productions, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Ingo Swann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940354392319,"sku":"9781949214901","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c09a72bf-e23a-45ac-9da6-4d9f4ab8c483.jpg?v=1681446714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/purple-fables-ingo-swann-9781949214901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}