{"product_id":"9781680031416","title":"Our Blue Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Blue Earth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the melancholy dark side as well as the natural beauties of rural life as seen through the eyes of the author as a young man growing up in Blue Earth, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRANDMA RAIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When it rains hard,\u003cbr\u003e I think of the small ring\u003cbr\u003e I keep in a hollow book—\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e my grandmother\u003cbr\u003e and her small hands.\u003cbr\u003e She touches my cheek,\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e smiles.  I tell her my name again\u003cbr\u003e and for a little while sit with her,\u003cbr\u003e sharing the warmth of her shawl.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Then as the rain slows,\u003cbr\u003e I find myself alone again, and young,\u003cbr\u003e and I promise to be good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018799431920,"sku":"9781680031416","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781680031416_p0.jpg?v=1769889615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781680031416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}