{"product_id":"because-the-world-is-round-9781646052066","title":"Because the World Is Round","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of global travel, personal growth, and family responsibility through the lens of 15-year-old Jane in 1969.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Jane was trapped. Trapped in high school in Dallas, Texas where her classes were too easy and her classmates were too conventional. Trapped in service to her mother, a polio survivor who used a wheelchair.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen her parents sold their automobile brake repair business in 1969, they withdrew Jane from her high school to travel the world, visiting India, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Yugoslavia and Northern Europe. As she traveled, Jane was pushed to reckon with her dual role as responsible daughter and as teen in the late 60s, the culture of Bobby Fischer, The Beatles, and Hair!. Because the World is Round reckons with what it means to be an individual, a caretaker, and a traveler in a vast and changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646052066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252","brand":"Jane Saginaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42429209313461,"sku":"9781646052066","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3198db8f-0129-41c3-8d89-84b3ea01236c.jpg?v=1664892983","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/because-the-world-is-round-9781646052066","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}