{"product_id":"2940016770352","title":"We Were Close","description":"Axel Taylor Forrester’s, We Were Close, is a coming-of-age love story set against the backdrop of the 1970s in small-town USA. The history of Hugh and Mike showcases the narrator’s life, adventures, love and disappointments, against the fabric of life in the Midwest of that tumultuous decade. While the calendar has moved on, many of the concerns facing society have not changed. The quest for acceptance, love, and tolerance is as dynamic and compelling today as it has been in any age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the storyline details the teenage years of Mike and Hugh, it resonates with all regarding family, friendships and love with all its ups and downs. WWC is a gripping love story that empathizes with the victims of discrimination, inequality, and those made to feel like second-class citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove is love; it is not a color, a gender or a lifestyle. It is a feeling from the soul between two beings. At the heart of each person is the desire to be loved. To tell someone they are not worthy of a love of a lifetime, simply because they are different, is an atrocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDue to pressures from family, society and religious beliefs, Hugh surrenders his true love and conforms. Turning against his nature, faking to be acceptable, in an attempt to do the ‘right thing,’...fails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a reader, you will experience the roller coaster of emotions as two discover soul-mate love and the inevitable destruction of this forbidden bond. Through the many friendships and events, you will understand the diverse social customs and cultural differences when outsiders and locals coexist in a small town. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Axel Taylor Forrester","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081881927920,"sku":"2940016770352","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016770352_p0.jpg?v=1763641026","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016770352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}