{"product_id":"small-matters-a-year-in-writing-0595335772","title":"Small Matters: A Year in Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0595335772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodward, Joe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excerpt from the short story The Lemon FestivalThe whole trip turns out to be fun, though, a flashback to Leave it to Beaver land. Whether history happened like a 50s sitcom hardly matters as I stand listening to the country twang of a good band-the beer garden to my left and a two-story giant Icee booth to my right. The Lemon Festival is, in fact, well-organized. Families with strollers are everywhere. Couples have come after church: women in their floral dresses, men in their dark polyester slacks and dress shoes. The couples browse the booths and sip lemonade. Mothers in sun visors and matching flip-flops lather their children in sun screen. The children scream and pull away. A brigade of young men in construction yellow t-shirts, Volunteer Ministers their t-shirts say, work the crowd with religious brochures.In Small Matters, columnist Joe Woodward delivers a one-year slice of life in the Los Angeles suburbs with this appealing collection of stories about everyday people who struggle, weep, triumph, and make a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955647217952,"sku":"NEW0595335772","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61jMdem8QTL._SL1200_QL70.jpg?v=1785807415","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-ca\/products\/small-matters-a-year-in-writing-0595335772","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}