{"product_id":"ecology-of-a-cracker-childhood-by-janisse-ray-9781571313256","title":"Ecology of a Cracker Childhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (STARRED)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and fight for the places they love. This edition, published on the fifteenth anniversary of the original publication, updates and contextualises the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJanisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound travellers by hulks of old cars. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems her home and her people, while also cataloguing the source of her childhood hope: the Edenic longleaf pine forests, where orchids grow amid wiregrass at the feet of widely spaced, lofty trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the forests exist in fragments, cherished and threatened, and the South of her youth is gradually being overtaken by golf courses and suburban development. A contemporary classic, \u003cem\u003eEcology of a Cracker Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e is a clarion call to protect the cultures and ecologies of every childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849040548076,"sku":"9781571313256","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12267433482747.jpg?v=1759011261","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ecology-of-a-cracker-childhood-by-janisse-ray-9781571313256","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}