{"product_id":"memories-of-the-islands-the-life-place-and-times-of-the-barber-family-9781434305879","title":"Memories of the Islands: The Life, Place, and Times of the Barber Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jasper E. Barber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through stories and anecdotes, Jay Barber takes the reader into the world he once knew, a world the present generation can hardly believe existed only a few decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Barber left that world at the age of 18 seeking to find a better one, but the memories of his youth and that place stuck to him like the waterline on the trees in the Islands swamps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e He shares his childhood in \u003cem\u003eMemories of the Islands\u003c\/em\u003e while recording a history of the Barber family in Martin County, North Carolina, and their struggles to survive the Great Depression, the flood of 1940, and a number of family tragedies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Looking back, he realizes that his two worlds were connected like the swamps and the islands where he grew up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Factual and honest about the times and events, \u003cem\u003e Memories of the Islands\u003c\/em\u003e will pull at your heart strings and make you laugh, and it will jog the memory of the older generation about a time that was.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMemories of the Islands\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for all ages and for all times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authorhouse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47586275360919,"sku":"9781434305879","price":2335.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781434305879.webp?v=1774963408","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/memories-of-the-islands-the-life-place-and-times-of-the-barber-family-9781434305879","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}