{"product_id":"the-root-of-everything-and-scott-alexander-hess-9781608641581","title":"The Root of Everything and Lightning: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this pair of novellas, award-winning author Scott Alexander Hess provides a richly textured portrait of the shifting landscape of the 20th century American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Root of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e is a multi-generational saga tracking fathers and sons from Germany's Black Forest to Missouri as they experience tragedy, triumph, forbidden love, and hard-earned reckonings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLightning\u003c\/em\u003e, a young man in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1918 is driven by his deep love for horses and his emerging feelings for another man. Offered a chance to move to New York City, he finds his true destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot through with layers of grief, passion, dangerous landscapes, and old-world mysticism, these are journeys into love, loss, and twists of fate that define us. Hess tells stories as deep as the Missouri River and as wide-ranging as the Wild American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Alexander Hess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608641589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608641581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebel Satori Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Scott Alexander Hess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047929377023,"sku":"9781608641581","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a6cc4c2-7e72-4e6e-9790-c4dc458545ef.jpg?v=1684992956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-root-of-everything-and-scott-alexander-hess-9781608641581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}