{"product_id":"the-green-pear-jackson-taylor-9798988803621","title":"The Green Pear","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a boy growing up in a bi-racial household in 1960's Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Walker Leighton-Drexler suffers a series of tragedies that leave him without a family. Many questions about his identity and his origins consume him. As an adult he chooses to live on the Italian Riviera mainly because as a resort destination he is able to blend in among the sea of global visitors thereby avoiding questions about the past. Over time a series of romantic explorations lead him toward a partner with the capacity to develop a unique and natural sexual equation for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Green Pear is a literary novel that explores the relationships and random forces that join to shape any person's life and identity: from a painful childhood event in rural Pennsylvania to reconnection, travel, experimentation, a cooking magic show, scandal, loss and a new sense of belonging on the Italian Riviera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters in The Green Pear explore family dynamics, identity, and social issues, particularly those related to education, religion, race and class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contemplating the lives of these characters, through scintillating and sometimes dramatic conversation, this story reveals a theme that examines and challenges the judgement that often sees institutional prestige and systems of power, undermining free expression in literature, art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackson Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988803621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e B \u0026amp; C Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Jackson Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637523562751,"sku":"9798988803621","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0bf5df2-5e3c-4d83-9baa-7e77e250c286.jpg?v=1765116703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-green-pear-jackson-taylor-9798988803621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}