{"product_id":"9780595885503","title":"Brothers Forever: An Orphan Story","description":"Winner of the Creative Arts Council's 2008 Book of the Year Award  Craig Mayeux's novel is a searing, searching portrait of mirth and misery, crammed with tender innocence, optimistic bonding and crashing sorrow-all weighed down by blind cultural precepts.\u003cp\u003e  Two boys, who share a crib in a New York institution, are suddenly immersed as \"orphan train\" riders into Louisiana's Cajun\/Creole folkways. One is adopted by a childless, doting couple; the other is indentured to hard-luck, hardscrabble farmers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The former is spoiled beyond gratification; the other abused emotionally and physically with heart-aching, backbreaking servitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Throughout the continuing counterpoint of bare bones versus largesse, the boys stay true to their anthem of being Brothers Forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The author knows of what he writes. His grandfather, George Leary, was an indentured \"orphan train\" boy, who traveled from New York to Cottonport, Louisiana in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Myron Tassin\u003cbr\u003e Author\/co-author of 20 books, including,\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Me Lord? Recollections of a Cottonpicker\u003cbr\u003e Nous Sommes Acadiens\/We Are Acadians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120501407984,"sku":"9780595885503","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595885503_p0.jpg?v=1763722749","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595885503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}