{"product_id":"9781452054698","title":"La Nostra Costa (Our Coast): A Family's Journey to and From the North Coast of Santa Cruz, California (1923-1983)","description":"“I work everyday in these fields, I am ankle-deep in mud, all I smell is \u003ci\u003epattume\u003c\/i\u003e, and in a couple of hours \u003ci\u003eil vento\u003c\/i\u003e will blow dirt and debris in my face. Next month the rains will come; they will soak me through, and I will have to carry those wet sprout sacks up and down these muddy rows. I work ten to twelve hours every day for very little money. My young son is sick and I cannot pay the doctor. My young wife is pregnant and our second baby is on its way. Where will I get the money to feed another mouth? I promised my beautiful wife an easy life in America; all she got was hard work and desperate times. If there is a God up there, why doesn’t he show himself? Why doesn’t he make my son well? Why doesn’t he help me? I need more money! O God, if you are up there, why don’t you wave your hand, and make things better for me?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Not really expecting an answer, the \u003ci\u003erancere\u003c\/i\u003e lowered his head and with his shavola slowly returned to working the soil. Then from out of the thick, eerie mist, he thought he heard someone, perhaps a woman, say in a soft and gentle voice:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “O rancere mi. Don’t you know? You live \u003ci\u003esu per la costa\u003c\/i\u003e—not Heaven.”","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143266025712,"sku":"9781452054698","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452054698_p0.jpg?v=1763838676","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452054698","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}