{"product_id":"the-rupture-9781543470161","title":"The Rupture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Conard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Xlibris Us\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Xlibris Us\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rupture is about the crazy times we live in: current history. As well, it is\u003cbr\u003eabout the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre and the\u003cbr\u003egruesome carnage that is being planned in celebration of that incident; what\u003cbr\u003ewas then the unimaginable mass murder which occurred on April 20, 1999.\u003cbr\u003eIn this respect, it is also about the making of a monster.\u003c\/p\u003e The story follows the lives of two families, the Mendez and the Phylers, \u003cbr\u003efrom 1957 through 2009. Over the course of these 52 years their lives will\u003cbr\u003eoccasionally intersect as they experience the progression of American culture\u003cbr\u003efrom differing perspectives. They will witness 1950s affluence, the Free\u003cbr\u003eSpeech Movement, the Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, the\u003cbr\u003eCivil Rights Movement, Wars and war protests, 9-11, Gay Rights, the struggle\u003cbr\u003efor Gender equality, space exploration and unimaginable technological\u003cbr\u003eadvancements, love and hate, and the perils of those fluctuating tides and\u003cbr\u003eeconomic oscillations. They will witness the best and worst inclinations of their\u003cbr\u003especies until they collide and intertwine on that fateful day, April 20, 2009.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46484732674199,"sku":"9781543470161","price":2920.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781543470161.jpg?v=1766324165","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rupture-9781543470161","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}