{"product_id":"the-day-the-rainbow-died-the-90s-and-beyond-9798985946970","title":"The Day the Rainbow Died: The 90's and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a fictional story of four young white boys all born in 1950 growing up in Apartheid South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChubby, Jimmy, Angus and Ian all meet for the first time on the first day of high school in January 1963 at Grosvenor Boy's High School located on Durban's Bluff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy chance they all end up in the same classroom - Standard 6C (grade 8). As 12 \u0026amp; 13 year olds they are the bottom of the food chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single instance links the four together and a life long friendship is the result. Follow them through high school, their obligatory call up for military service and their move into the business world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe end of Apartheid in 1994 and the effect that it has on all South Africans. Within the \"new\" South Africa there are many Races and Religions leading to the country being called The Rainbow Nation. Navigating their lives during South Africa's Apartheid regime through the 60s, 70s \u0026amp; 80s, this story follows their lives through high school, the mandatory military draft and their eventual paths into the business world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Africa is navigating its own tumultuous path through increasingly tense global geopolitical pressure to end the Apartheid regime and enter into the New South Africa as the Rainbow Nation; a nation of diverse races and religions. The four friends have their own identities to forge in this new world and the story follows their lives against the backdrop of the global geopolitics of the time. Will they stand together when unspeakable tragedy leaves one of the group fighting for his life? Or will that event be one step too far for them to remain friends?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Take a Peek Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985946970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d","brand":"James Bellis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733899636917,"sku":"9798985946970","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-day-the-rainbow-died-the-90s-and-beyond-9798985946970","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}