{"product_id":"journal-of-the-plague-years-aftermath-9798999596864","title":"Journal of the Plague Years: Aftermath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis astonishing collection of journal entries is a testament to resilience in a world made up of shards of the past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a Roman citizen in 410 C.E. had kept a journal of everyday life and its fears, joys, and hopes, it would be a treasured historical document, especially when civilization has fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 2023, John Rember began writing his third and final volume of \u003cem\u003eJournal of the Plague Years\u003c\/em\u003e. Convinced that we are living among ruins cultural, political, and spiritual, he focuses on finding agency in the only place it still exists: between individuals who treat each other with dignity and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003cem\u003eAftermath\u003c\/em\u003e explore how cherished ways of living are being lost to artificial intelligence, a relentlessly warming climate, the imminent end of fossil fuels, and inhuman wars. But happiness is still possible, even when it must coexist with grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarked by humor, honesty, and love, the three volumes of \u003cem\u003eJournal of the Plague Years \u003c\/em\u003ewitness a time near the end of this country's history, and offer a primary source for historians of the future, should there be any.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Mogul Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999596864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d","brand":"John Rember","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51991010148533,"sku":"9798999596864","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6a4cab63-c581-4109-b0d9-b64614c4590b.jpg?v=1762838718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/journal-of-the-plague-years-aftermath-9798999596864","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}