{"product_id":"9781582431604","title":"Jayber Crow: The Life Story of Jayber Crow, Barber, of the Port William Membership, As Written by Himself","description":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a book about Heaven,” says Jayber Crow, “but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell.” It is 1932 and he has returned to his native Port William to become the town's barber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned at age ten, Jayber Crow’s acquaintance with loneliness and want have made him a patient observer of the human animal, in both its goodness and frailty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe began his search as a \"pre-ministerial student\" at Pigeonville College. There, freedom met with new burdens and a young man needed more than a mirror to find himself. But the beginning of that finding was a short conversation with \"Old Grit,\" his profound professor of New Testament Greek. \u003cbr\u003e\"You have been given questions to which you cannot be \u003ci\u003egiven\u003c\/i\u003e answers. You will have to live them out—perhaps a little at a time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"And how long is that going to take?\"\u003cbr\u003e \"I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"That could be a long time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"I will tell you a further mystery,\" he said. \"It may take longer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendell Berry’s clear-sighted depiction of humanity’s gifts—love and loss, joy and despair—is seen though his intimate knowledge of the Port William Membership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031058399472,"sku":"9781582431604","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781582431604_p0.jpg?v=1763798269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781582431604","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}