{"product_id":"sometimes-an-island-9781961864504","title":"Sometimes an Island","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom burning shtetls to rising seas, one family's journey spans generations and the fight for survival.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn a remote Maine island, a new community rises--tightly knit, off-grid, and resilient in a changing world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Cossacks burn their home, ten-year-old Deborah and her father flee their shtetl to a remote island on Maine's Penobscot Bay, seeking refuge and a new beginning. More than a century later, their descendants are once again uprooted, this time driven by rising seas and a collapsing world. From coastal towns to higher ground, a new community emerges: off-grid, tightly knit, and forged from an unlikely alliance of island refugees, family from Brooklyn, friends from a fractured Massachusetts co-op, and others seeking sanctuary as the political landscape grows increasingly volatile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sea Crow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961864504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180","brand":"Ellen Meeropol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147070664885,"sku":"9781961864504","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_42570651-6943-434b-af99-c1d921bb805b.jpg?v=1767678718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sometimes-an-island-9781961864504","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}