{"product_id":"three-ws-ernest-gaines-9781956876659","title":"Three W's: Tears of Pain and Joy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eI do not know where or who is my earthly father, but I do know that my heavenly Father is always there with me.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarnest Gaines, a sixth-generation sharecropper born in Louisiana in the 1950s, recalls a forgotten way of life in this memoir focusing in his boyhood and adolescence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Growing up, he had few if any toys, but he has lots of fun running, hiding, and laughing with his friends while old people chatted in church. They wanted to be left alone, but they would give the youngsters peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelon, and popcorn balls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When he was seven or eight years old, his father would take him to the Quarters, give him a sack, and tell him to pick cotton. Every day, his father would fuss after he failed to fill the sack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When his father asked him to do something, he went ahead and did it - he knew that is what he was supposed to do. Life was hard, but each moment made him stronger, which became helpful when he moved to California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this memoir, the author recalls the struggles he and his family faced and expresses his thanks for those that taught him to be a man - even if they didn't make it easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Gaines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956876650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956876659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Workbook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d","brand":"Ernest Gaines","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990746857727,"sku":"9781956876659","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12bd9487-fee7-4581-adc3-a5738301efda.jpg?v=1683306440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-ws-ernest-gaines-9781956876659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}