{"product_id":"sanctuary-j-kent-gregory-9781665574402","title":"Sanctuary","description":"Filled with images of the beauty of nature - the colors of the sunset, the feel of the wind with the approach of winter, the tastes of food in a cabin or from a campfire, the sound of quail and coyotes on a Texas ranch - the short stories and novellas of J. Kent Gregory explore the basic human yearning for the peace and healing found in the natural world. \"A Place Apart\" is a lyrical description of finding an untouched, separate, liminal dell. \"Scouting with My Daddy\", told from the perspective of a young boy, describes his introduction to the beauties and thrills of the woods by his protective father. In the title short story, \"Sanctuary\", two friends meet on a river near Canada to fish and find peace in the waning days of summer. \"On the Gulf\" follows one of the two friends as he escapes the Northern cold and a failing relationship to fish the surf and the Gulf Stream where he finds connection and shared loss with a trophy sailfish. In \"The Forge\" the two friends come together to fight a dangerous fire in the Valley of Virginia. The narrator of \"Free and Happy, Wherever Home Is\" discovers, to his surprise, a love for the land and animals on a dry Texas ranch. \"A Café Scene\" is a short vignette where the narrator looks ahead from the waning of winter to summer amid a feast of the senses. In \"Solitude\" an older man, alone with his dog, gets in one last pheasant hunt before a winter storm and the unwanted arrival of visitors. In the final story, \"Healing Waters\", the narrator flies out West after a devastating loss to meet a young woman who introduces him to the rivers and waters of the Cascades and the Coastal Range.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Kent Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665574402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665574402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"J. Kent Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071155106047,"sku":"9781665574402","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abdc85a7-cd9b-42a0-a828-a00e7ee305b2.jpg?v=1685434470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sanctuary-j-kent-gregory-9781665574402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}