{"product_id":"lovers-leap-from-early-spring-to-late-winter-hardcover","title":"Lover's Leap: From Early Spring to Late Winter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodney Francis Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poignant love story epic prose and poetry, bridging Post WWII with the 21st century. The year is 1949  They - teenage love, too passionate, too lustful  Religious\/moral values threatened; fear of God's wrath for fornicators. He - losing the battle between desire for her and fear of consummating, without explanation he embraces her for the last time. Forty years  He - Senior Bank Executive (retired), second career - Chairman of the Board, husband, father, grandfather - wealth - a perfect world  The \"golden years\" - culmination of his American Dream. She - loving wife, banking career, children, grandchildren  Fulfillment of her American Dream  And then  He - breached contracts, malfeasance, violation of financial basic tenets; total financial failure  Strained marriage of 45 years - collapse - separation - divorce. She - husband with cancer - death  Daughter an alcoholic - death  Grandchildren - co-dependent son  Defers retirement to care for family. The year is 2000  High school reunion - each attends - he from Oregon, she from Colorado. Embers of their teenage love glow gently in the background. He - stands at the gates of Hell  She - offers a path to Paradise. He - accepts. She - requites. Beyond 2000  They - Utopia - romance - love - total fulfillment - stairway to Heaven on earth. Their love story, a dreamlike reality - beyond fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119289602183,"sku":"9781420890365","price":36.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/41217f629c9ce0cf0cd1a687bc4a6c41.webp?v=1732540032","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/lovers-leap-from-early-spring-to-late-winter-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}