{"product_id":"optimistic-decade","title":"Optimistic Decade","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOptimistic Decade\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHeather Abel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781616206307\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAlgonquin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bighearted, wise, and beautifully written, this sharply observant exploration of idealism gone awry engages at every level.\" --Andrea Barrett, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of the Narwhal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArchangel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This entertaining and assured debut novel about a utopian summer camp and its charismatic leader asks smart questions about good intentions gone terribly wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Framed by the oil shale bust and the real estate boom, by protests against Reagan and against the Gulf War, \u003ci\u003eThe Optimistic Decade\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the lives of five unforgettable characters and is a sweeping novel about idealism, love, class, and a piece of land that changes everyone who lives on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is Caleb Silver, the beloved founder of the back-to-the-land camp Llamalo, who is determined to teach others to live simply. There are the ranchers, Don and his son, Donnie, who gave up their land to Caleb and who now want it back. There is Rebecca Silver, determined to become an activist like her father and undone by the spell of both Llamalo and new love; and there is David, a teenager who has turned Llamalo into his personal religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Heather Abel's novel is a brilliant exploration of the bloom and fade of idealism and how it forever changes one's life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Optimistic Decade | Heather Abel | Hardcover | 9781616206307 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1586825","offer_id":48753924702360,"sku":"1586825","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1aDaDnGbJL.jpg?v=1774068634","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/optimistic-decade","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}