{"product_id":"brother-cobweb-9781941799741","title":"Brother Cobweb","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll Calvin Elkan has ever wanted to do is escape his mother and her Pentecostal church, the Lighthouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalvin is eternally at odds with the brutal abuses and ignorance of his upbringing in a right-wing evangelical sect in Ohio. Under the guidance of his great-grandfather, he turns to art and music to escape his mother's blows and the grip of the Lighthouse. He spins the dark world around him into a satirical comic called \u003cem\u003eThe Brother Cobweb Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e. After high school, Calvin moves out and enrolls in art school, finally free of his oppressive childhood home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut after a brush with death, Calvin realizes escape isn't enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his artwork and a newfound sense of spirituality, Calvin works through the emotional trauma and distances himself from his past only to uncover yet another ugly secret from the Lighthouse--a secret that makes him question everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrother Cobweb\u003c\/em\u003e is a coming-of-age saga with a misfit, paradoxical artist at its center. Alfred Eaker's debut novel seeks to change perspectives through innovative language, dark humor, and marginalized subculture. A surreal and provocative odyssey, it is sure to strike a nerve as it exposes the abuses and hypocrisy of an all-too-familiar Midwestern evangelical church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941799741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Alfred Eaker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769865474229,"sku":"9781941799741","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_588fe49e-6be3-4b26-8ac1-f4e31e65fad4.jpg?v=1678839327","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brother-cobweb-9781941799741","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}