{"product_id":"a-letter-in-the-wall-9781684631339","title":"A Letter in the Wall","description":"It's 1971, and Joan Dumann fears her former business partner wants her dead--but her anxiety is less about dying than it is about feeling disrespected and invalidated. As she constructs a letter about her predicament, she revisits her past. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn into a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family in 1915 and raised with privilege and opportunity, Joan wrestles with her turbulent thoughts and unfulfilled desires--an internal battle that often results in self-destructive tendencies. When she attempts to push against the norms for women of her time in order to forge her own identity, she is met with resistance. Yet she might also be her own worst enemy, often alienating those who care deeply for her. Both manipulative and vulnerable, naive and conniving, Joan is, like many people, complex and misunderstood. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by a letter written by the real Joan, found hidden in the wall of a Pennsylvania home more than half a century later, this story is a fictionalized imagining of who she was and what motivated her. Moving through several decades and events--from the 1918 influenza pandemic to Prohibition to the Great Depression to Vietnam--\u003ci\u003eA Letter in the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e examines the internal and external factors that influence one woman's journey toward independence and empowerment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sparkpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684631339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Eileen Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41993194471605,"sku":"9781684631339","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2af0fe32-8077-4e69-8842-a5bfa0687cb8.jpg?v=1648524402","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-letter-in-the-wall-9781684631339","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}