{"product_id":"ever-after-a-fathers-true-story-9781557048431","title":"Ever After: A Father's True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I've become convinced the physical life we must live out is but ephemeral. It gives me much comfort and has allowed for new experiences of a spiritual nature I've never had before.\" \u003cbr\u003e--William Wharton, from the Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August of 1988, heavy black smoke engulfed an Oregon highway, causing a massive 23-car pileup that claimed the lives of novelist William Wharton's 36-year-old daughter, her husband, and their two infant daughters. They'd been victims of field burning, a routine agricultural practice, and were burned alive in their van. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow could such a thing happen? And how could a father come to terms with such a loss? \u003cem\u003eEver After\u003c\/em\u003e, Wharton's first memoir, is his search for answers to these questions, written with the inspired simplicity that won him great acclaim for his novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557048431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"William Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753360789685,"sku":"9781557048431","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2983d307-44a3-48e7-9937-b0150aa6ca8a.jpg?v=1677594001","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ever-after-a-fathers-true-story-9781557048431","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}