{"product_id":"sanctuary-hardcover-2","title":"Sanctuary - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilled with images of the beauty of nature - the colors of the sunset, the feel of the wind with the approach of winter, the tastes of food in a cabin or from a campfire, the sound of quail and coyotes on a Texas ranch - the short stories and novellas of J. Kent Gregory explore the basic human yearning for the peace and healing found in the natural world. \"A Place Apart\" is a lyrical description of finding an untouched, separate, liminal dell. \"Scouting with My Daddy\", told from the perspective of a young boy, describes his introduction to the beauties and thrills of the woods by his protective father. In the title short story, \"Sanctuary\", two friends meet on a river near Canada to fish and find peace in the waning days of summer. \"On the Gulf\" follows one of the two friends as he escapes the Northern cold and a failing relationship to fish the surf and the Gulf Stream where he finds connection and shared loss with a trophy sailfish. In \"The Forge\" the two friends come together to fight a dangerous fire in the Valley of Virginia. The narrator of \"Free and Happy, Wherever Home Is\" discovers, to his surprise, a love for the land and animals on a dry Texas ranch. \"A Café Scene\" is a short vignette where the narrator looks ahead from the waning of winter to summer amid a feast of the senses. In \"Solitude\" an older man, alone with his dog, gets in one last pheasant hunt before a winter storm and the unwanted arrival of visitors. In the final story, \"Healing Waters\", the narrator flies out West after a devastating loss to meet a young woman who introduces him to the rivers and waters of the Cascades and the Coastal Range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67575959683295,"sku":"9781665574426","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8F7k0Hd2Uv9781665574426.webp?v=1790376818","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/sanctuary-hardcover-2","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}