{"product_id":"wheel-of-water-david-baldwin-9781807212254","title":"Wheel of Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWheel of Water\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom snow falling on a Los Angeles morning to the glow of a ham radio dial, these pages trace a son's long look at the parents who made, and unmade, a home. Set against mid-century southern California, aircraft carriers and Disneyland. segregated pools and Friday-night fights, this memoir-in-moments captures how memory shifts while feelings stay true. A quiet, razor-sharp father speaks most comfortably in Morse code; a drama-queen mother lifts a martini and fills the room with laughter and sparkling conversation, determined to be the center of every party; three daughters push against patriarchy; and a son observes his parents sliding toward acrimony as he grows older. Tender, wry, and unsparing, this book is a love letter to the messy facts of family and the small weather of a life that still changes us when we read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Baldwin wrote haiku and tanka poetry in his working years as a technical writer. After retirement, he embraced other poetic forms: sonnets, villanelles, terza rima, ballads, and free verse. He even wrote lyrics for church anthems. Wheel of Water is a compilation of poems covering a wide variety of subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1807212254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781807212254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Rock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.78d","brand":"David Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001847816447,"sku":"9781807212254","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wheel-of-water-david-baldwin-9781807212254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}