{"product_id":"dear-alderone-9781990700743","title":"Dear Alderone","description":"\u003cp\u003eI went back to the den and put the stereo on. I don't know how long I sat there zoning, listening to the music and trying not to think. Suddenly, my brother came in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis hair was all messed up and his face looked gray and shadowed. Neither of us spoke for a while. Strange. All I could think about was that for fourteen years nothing ever happened in my family. I go out on a real date for one afternoon and suddenly everything falls to pieces. Go figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJera Fowler is hardly excited about having to keep a journal for ninth grade English class. \"What can happen in a day?\" she grumps as she chronicles the 1984-85 school year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't realize that a single day can be the dividing line between life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years later, while Jera is in the hospital facing an uncertain future, her teenage granddaughter Rayna discovers the journal and reads all night long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do words written long ago have to say today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmi Hendrickson's epistolary novel Dear Alderone spans generations, exploring those moments in life when-for good or for ill-everything changes in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love-letter to the written word and a testimony to the power of preserving personal history through journaling, Dear Alderone embraces the experiences that define our friendships, our families, and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Life to Paper Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892647792914,"sku":"9781990700743","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d5e75c5-da85-49cb-9ee3-5144b80a352d.jpg?v=1738199932","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-alderone-9781990700743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}