{"product_id":"9781939627001","title":"The Book of Jotham","description":"2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction-Novella Winner\u003cp\u003eFor 23 years the completed manuscript of The Book of Jotham sat in the author's desk drawer-typewritten-collecting dust and time. On an early autumn day in 2012, the manuscript arrived at Tuscany Press, and we discovered this compelling and moving story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJotham is a mentally challenged man-child who, like the other apostles, follows Jesus as Christ carries out his ministry and experiences death by crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Yet the other apostles-the dedicated Mary, Peter, Thomas, and the rest-while they care for Jotham and look out for him, don't understand why Jesus loves him so. Thomas even says, after Jesus offers a parable, \"I don't see why all the pots can't be strong and beautiful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJotham may be different, but through him, we come to see Jesus and Jotham not just with our eyes, but also with our hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eARTHUR POWERS is himself a convert to Catholicism. After spending much time in Brazil in the Peace Corps, working with those for whom the Catholic faith is woven into life, and after meeting a woman who eventually became his wife, he came to question his very rational agnosticism. Powers was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith in 1976 as a thoughtful, aware adult of 29 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuscany Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058704531696,"sku":"9781939627001","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939627001_p0.jpg?v=1763665188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939627001","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}