{"product_id":"9780743211994","title":"An Hour before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn An Hour Before Daylight,\u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Strength,\u003c\/i\u003e recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy, offering an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and a strict segregationist who treated black workers with respect and fairness; his strong-willed and well-read mother; and the five other people who shaped his early life, three of whom were black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarter's clean and eloquent prose evokes a time when the cycles of life were predictable and simple and the rules were heartbreaking and complex. In his singular voice and with a novelist's gift for detail, Jimmy Carter creates a sensitive portrait of an era that shaped the nation and recounts a classic, American story of enduring importance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958876164336,"sku":"9780743211994","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743211994_p0.jpg?v=1763795215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743211994","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}