{"product_id":"jayber-crow-9781582431604","title":"Jayber Crow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book about Heaven,\" says Jayber Crow, \"but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell.\" It is 1932 and he has returned to his native Port William to become the town's barber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrphaned at age ten, Jayber Crow's acquaintance with loneliness and want have made him a patient observer of the human animal, in both its goodness and frailty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe began his search as a \"pre-ministerial student\" at Pigeonville College. There, freedom met with new burdens and a young man needed more than a mirror to find himself. But the beginning of that finding was a short conversation with \"Old Grit,\" his profound professor of New Testament Greek. \u003cbr\u003e\"You have been given questions to which you cannot be \u003ci\u003egiven\u003c\/i\u003e answers. You will have to live them out--perhaps a little at a time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"And how long is that going to take?\"\u003cbr\u003e \"I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"That could be a long time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"I will tell you a further mystery,\" he said. \"It may take longer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWendell Berry's clear-sighted depiction of humanity's gifts--love and loss, joy and despair--is seen though his intimate knowledge of the Port William Membership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582431604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2001 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2010 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wendell Berry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660555874460,"sku":"9781582431604","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0c767882-2def-40bd-87f6-cf66fc08a7db.jpg?v=1603896996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jayber-crow-9781582431604","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}