{"product_id":"stand-before-your-god-paul-watkins-9780679759416","title":"Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England","description":"In this enthralling and sometimes harrowing memoir, the acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e The Promise of Light\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a masterly companion to such classics as \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Separate Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of seven, Paul Watkins was roughly transplanted from his home in Rhode Island to England's Dragon School. He was greeted by a delegation of bullies who, in time, would become his friends and whose rules would become his own. For at Dragon, and later at Eton, \"there was no middle ground. You could not go here and come out not caring one way or the other. You had to stand before your God and commit.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are the masters who paddle boys for small infractions and then offer them sweets; the seniors who pamper pretty favorites and subject all others to humiliating servitude; the deep friendships and sudden, devastating betrayals. Above all, here is the exhilaration of a boy discovering own capacities for learning and creativity, in a book that conveys with astonishing insight the pangs of growing up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Watkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679759417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679759416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.24w x 0.77d","brand":"Paul Watkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321213743359,"sku":"9780679759416","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ac71812-5176-4ddf-a9dd-6dcd6c3d53f4.jpg?v=1696329714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stand-before-your-god-paul-watkins-9780679759416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}