{"product_id":"against-a-darkening-sky-paperback","title":"Against a Darkening Sky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst a Darkening Sky\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1943. Set in a semirural community south of San Francisco, it is the story of an American mother of the mid-1930s and the sustaining influence she brings, through her own profound strength and faith, to the lives of her four growing children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScottish by birth, but long a resident of America, Mary Perrault is married to a Swiss-French gardener. Their life in South Encina, though anything but lavish, is gay, serene, and friendly. As their children mature and the world outside, less peaceful and secure than the Perrault home, begins to threaten the equilibrium of their tranquil lives, Mrs. Perrault becomes increasingly aware of a moral wilderness rising from the physical wilderness which her generation has barely conquered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer struggle to influence, while not invading the lives of her children, is the focus of this novel of family life during the Depression years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e was a novelist, poet, and short-story writer whose literary career spanned almost the entire twentieth century. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has praised her novels as \"some of the 20th century's most vividly imagined and finely wrought literature.\" Born and educated in Chicago, she lived in California for most of her adult life and taught at both Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Martin Guerre\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Sören Qvist\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Monsieur Scarron\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eGood-Bye, Son and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), and \u003ci\u003ePoems Old and New\u003c\/i\u003e (1982).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228740468985,"sku":"9780804008662","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eGVVNENFVCtQR0hrV1R0cTBEYmMwdz09.webp?v=1768296157","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-a-darkening-sky-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}