{"product_id":"to-the-stars-through-difficulties-9781631522338","title":"To the Stars Through Difficulties","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Kansas Notable Book of the Year, 2018\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Carnegie funded fifty-nine public libraries in Kansas in the early 20th century--but it was frontier women who organized waffle suppers, minstrel shows, and women's baseball games to buy books to fill them. Now, a century later, Angelina returns to her father's hometown of New Hope to complete her dissertation on the Carnegie libraries, just as Traci and Gayle arrive in town--Traci as an artist-in-residence at the renovated Carnegie Arts Center and Gayle as a refugee whose neighboring town, Prairie Hill, has just been destroyed by a tornado. The discovery of an old journal inspires the women to create a library and arts center as the first act of rebuilding Prairie Hill after the tornado. As they work together to raise money for the center, Traci reveals her enormous heart, Angelina discovers that problem-solving is more valuable than her PhD, and Gayle demonstrates that courage is not about waiting out a storm but building a future. Full of Kansas history--from pioneer homesteaders to Carrie Nation to orphan trains--\u003cem\u003eTo the Stars through Difficulties\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemporary story of women changing their world, and finding their own voices, powers, and self-esteem in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631522338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Romalyn Tilghman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663338533020,"sku":"9781631522338","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e4190cf8-d1cb-4d3c-8cf0-b19c8ac1b200.jpg?v=1603904072","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-the-stars-through-difficulties-9781631522338","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}