{"product_id":"my-circumstantial-odyssey-paperback","title":"My Circumstantial Odyssey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI began writing initial drafts of this memoir in late 1994, not knowing where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit would take me or when it would end. Though greatly expanded from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere I began, my intention is still for my memoir to be fairly focused . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efocused somewhat chronologically on personal and societal changes within\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003especific generations of my family's and my country's past, including our legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some segments have been fast-forwarded through as they are impertinent, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einsignignicant, or reveal things too heavy to share. It's not my intention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto delve into gruesome war story after war story. I'm not strong enough for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat. Many of my specicific war experiences have been addressed in poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand other writings, while some are unspeakable. If only the experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere erasable from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A few names and related details have been changed to protect the identities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof those who have passed and their loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433749905631,"sku":"9798218188528","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/790uMmmh6t9798218188528.webp?v=1790017214","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/my-circumstantial-odyssey-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}