{"product_id":"brighter-day-9781734022223","title":"Brighter Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Paraphrased from a Quote Attributed to Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, and lecturer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrighter Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a fictional memoir that takes place in 1969, the year everything changed. A\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eyear that defined a\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003edecade, it witnessed Woodstock and Altamont, Nixon and the Silent Majority, the moon landing and Native Americans occupying Alcatraz, \u003cem\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOh  Calcutta \u003c\/em\u003e, People's Park and the San Francisco State strike, Broadway Joe and the Amazin' Mets, My Lai and the Moratorium, Charles Manson and the Zodiac Killer, Led Zeppelin and CSN\u0026amp;Y, Vietnam and the draft lottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sequel to \u003cem\u003eGetaway Day\u003c\/em\u003e, it's seven years on and Mikey Wright is starting his third year of college, approaching his twenty-first birthday, and facing a life-changing decision. In his quest to challenge a government he no longer trusts and protest an unjust, unpopular war he no longer believes in, he descends into the underground labyrinth\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eof radical politics and culture and becomes involved with some bad company. The deeper he goes into the rabbit hole, the more he risks everything that matters - his family, his friends, his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a little help from family and friends, as well as the activists and extremists he encounters, he makes a transformative\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003echoice that will affect him and everything he cares about. As the tumultuous Sixties come to a close, Mikey learns that changing the world means changing himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I wrote \u003cem\u003eGetaway Day\u003c\/em\u003e, I was asked if I had considered writing a prequel, or a sequel. I hadn't. But, I had contemplated writing a \"Baby Boomer\" novel; a novel about my experiences and the experiences of my peers. \u003cem\u003eGetaway Day\u003c\/em\u003e was the first book in that journey. \u003cem\u003eBrighter Day\u003c\/em\u003e is the second. \u003cem\u003eGetaway Day\u003c\/em\u003e was about family and sports. \u003cem\u003eBrighter Day\u003c\/em\u003e is about friends and music. Combined, they are the first two volumes in the book series, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. I hope you enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, British Poet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kenneth B. White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376892449042,"sku":"9781734022223","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a908d3b5-aca0-4fcf-a49e-6a46a99a39a8.jpg?v=1728609907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brighter-day-9781734022223","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}