{"product_id":"memories-of-freedom-paperback","title":"Memories of Freedom - 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\u003eJeffrey N. Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemories of Freedom\u003c\/strong\u003e is a frank, often poetic but emotionally real look at lives in San Francisco's pre-Facebook Mission District. People on the margins have run aground in residential hotels or on the needle-strewn sidewalks in the aftermath of Reagan policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs life in a residential hotel the dead end it feels like? Is it possible to find friends, lovers or even escape from the land of the seeming lost and forgotten?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the span of a day and night, four lives intertwine; those of \u003cstrong\u003eNate\u003c\/strong\u003e, an obsessive mender of things, who even thinks he can mend people, and \u003cstrong\u003eHenrietta\u003c\/strong\u003e, a young woman trying to make her way in a confusing inattentive world that doesn't need her at all. \u003cstrong\u003eTommy \u003c\/strong\u003eis a retired ex-cook from the Merchant Marine who never lost the freedom of the taste of wind and sea on his lips. \u003cstrong\u003eMartin \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Native American slipped to living hand to mouth on the streets, a soaring spirit who has lost the dreams of his spirit home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their paths cross, and re-cross during this warm October day, they are pushed to the brink of themselves, and their ability to survive in a world that sees them as completely expendable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir separate yet connected experiences show the many facets of life on the precipice, exploited, ignored, or both, clinging to the last dollar, and dreaming of a home and their memories of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757434450169,"sku":"9798987546000","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xsNaNKkFZz9798987546000.webp?v=1785946528","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/memories-of-freedom-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}