{"product_id":"rockets-versus-gravity-9781459733862","title":"Rockets Versus Gravity","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003cbr\u003e A multi-faceted story that explores how small actions and changes can give rise to startling and unintended consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Trajectory. Declination. Impact. Escape Velocity. These are rocketry terms that could also describe aspects of the human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A lumberjack obsessed with space travel loses four different wedding rings, and each of the lost rings symbolizes something different to the person who finds it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are the members of a rich family whose dramas overlap with those of the homeless people living right next door, under the bridges of the Rosedale Ravine. The wheelchair-bound teen who declares war on a man parking his luxury car in the handicapped parking spot. The would-be rock star selling insurance, whose terminal diagnosis sets his life on a new and dizzying path. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And many others. Every person is connected to every other -- genetically, coincidentally, necessarily, or randomly. Every action has a consequence, seen or unseen, from the sublime to the catastrophic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459733862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Scarsbrook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38013748969653,"sku":"9781459733862","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_29817639-b59f-4001-b81d-88f7ef2fe6af.jpg?v=1609143084","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rockets-versus-gravity-9781459733862","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}