{"product_id":"wandering-barques-richard-sharp-9781530191055","title":"Wandering Barques","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe follow-up to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eCrystal Ships\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWandering Barques\u003c\/i\u003e traces the legacy of the traumatic '60s well into the '70s and '80s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwin sisters, just toddlers when their father dies in the Vietnam War, are coming of age in the mid-seventies. They each attempt to compensate for his loss in their own way, and their styles of coping could not be more different. The first strives to forget the past and live in the present, while the second seeks to understand those earlier years and obsesses about the loss of her uncle's girlfriend, a dancer who was tragically killed ten years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story follows the pair's lives over the next decade-with one winding up pregnant and married and the other fleeing to Africa to live with her uncle's family and escape the temptation of forbidden love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will become immersed in the social and political issues that defined the era, from the AIDS epidemic to the Cold War. Still, \u003ci\u003eWandering Barques\u003c\/i\u003e is primarily a tale of resilience, told with both sensitivity and the indomitable humor fundamental to the American spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 153019105X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781530191055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\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":"Richard Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50918752682239,"sku":"9781530191055","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wandering-barques-richard-sharp-9781530191055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}