{"product_id":"regula-william-s-kerr-9780999070901","title":"Regula","description":"\u003cp\u003eCities never shed their pasts. They are marked by their histories. You do not walk through them and remain wholly in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1966, as the war in Vietnam escalates, twelve-year-old Holzli Lloyd's family moves to Switzerland where his father is a cultural attach  with the American consulate, a job that seems to have hidden dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransferred from a village public school to an international school in Z rich, the boy meets Mark, who claims to have visions of the sixteenth century, the time of the Swiss Reformation. Mark tells of meetings with a girl named Regula, whose Anabaptist family is being persecuted by the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolzli is intrigued with the Anabaptists' refusal to resist evil and becomes obsessed with finding out whether the stories are true. When the visions take a dangerous turn, though, he is led to intervene-and sees the cost of intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough \u003ci\u003eRegula\u003c\/i\u003e deals with political and religious themes, it is more concerned with exploring the limitations of interpretation and judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam S. Kerr's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Shield that Fell from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e was named to \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eBest of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William S. Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999070908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999070901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Groton Jemez Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.46d","brand":"William S. Kerr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966123536639,"sku":"9780999070901","price":8.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f35b6ace-b799-4a84-a91c-f6e350290d56.jpg?v=1711158926","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/regula-william-s-kerr-9780999070901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}