{"product_id":"plain-language-9780743230209","title":"Plain Language","description":"\u003cb\u003eVirginia Mendenhall, a Quaker from North Carolina, is thirty-three years old when she travels to the arid plains of eastern Colorado in the mid-1930s to marry Alfred Bowen, ten years her senior.\u003c\/b\u003e They have met only twice and have come to love each other through letters. Now, on an isolated ranch in the Dust Bowl, they must adjust to the harsh ranching life and the dangers of an untamed landscape, as well as the differences between them. \u003cbr\u003e With an extended drought worsening the impact of the Depression in the West, neighbors turn against neighbors, and secrets from Alfred and Virginia's pasts come back to haunt them. But it is the arrival of Virginia's troubled brother on the ranch that sets off a chain of events with life-and-death consequences for them all. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlain Language\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told tale of a man and woman fighting against tremendous odds for their land -- and their love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743230209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Spur Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 181\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769598021813,"sku":"9780743230209","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6c02766e-ac47-4a72-9927-4f57c8812b51.jpg?v=1678832883","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/plain-language-9780743230209","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}