{"product_id":"red-sky-at-morning-a-novel-isbn-9780060931902","title":"Red Sky at Morning: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eRed Sky at Morning\u003c\/em\u003e is a minor marvel: it is a novel of paradox, of identity, of an overwhelming YES to life that embraces with wonder what we are pleased to call the human condition. In short, a work of art.”  — Harper Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailed by the \u003cem\u003eWashington\u003cbr\u003ePost Book World\u003c\/em\u003e as “a sort of \u003cem\u003eCatcher\u003cbr\u003ein the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e out West,” Richard\u003cbr\u003eBradford’s \u003cem\u003eRed Sky at Morning\u003c\/em\u003e is the\u003cbr\u003eclassic coming-of-age story set during World War II about the enduring spirit\u003cbr\u003eof youth and the values in life that count.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1944, Frank\u003cbr\u003eArnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer\u003cbr\u003ecommission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old\u003cbr\u003eson, Josh, to the family’s summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high\u003cbr\u003ein the New Mexico mountains. A true daughter of the Confederacy, Ann finds it impossible to cope with the quality of life in the largely\u003cbr\u003eHispanic village and, in the company of Jimbob Buel—an insufferable,\u003cbr\u003eSouth-proud, professional houseguest—takes to bridge and sherry. Josh, on\u003cbr\u003ethe other hand, becomes an integral member of the Sagrado community, forging\u003cbr\u003efriendships with his new classmates, with the town’s disreputable resident\u003cbr\u003eartist, and with Amadeo and Excilda Montoya, the couple hired by his father to\u003cbr\u003ecare for their house. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh narrates the story\u003cbr\u003eof his fateful year in Sagrado and, with irresistibly deadpan, irreverent humor, describes the\u003cbr\u003eevents and people who influence his progress to maturity. Unhindered by his\u003cbr\u003emother's disdain for these \"tacky, dusty little Westerners,\" Josh\u003cbr\u003ecomes into his own and into a young man's finely formed understanding of duty,\u003cbr\u003eresponsibility, and love. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A sort of \u003cem\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e out West....What makes the book a true delight is the deadpan, irreverent humor with which Josh tells the story... No brief review can do justice to Mr. Bradford’s book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bradford’s book has bite as well as beauty and graceful wit. . . . To my mind it is precisely what a novel ought to be--an entertainment, a book to read for the plain joy of reading. In short, a delight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. Allen Smith, humorist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A refreshing book, straightforward, funny, touching and, despite the caricatures and wisecracks and passed-over problems, true.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eRed Sky at Morning\u003c\/em\u003e is a minor marvel: it is a novel of paradox, of identity, of an overwhelming YES to life that embraces with wonder what we are pleased to call the human condition. In short, a work of art.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A terribly funny book with some of the richest characters I’ve read about in some years.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroucho Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887422828773,"sku":"NP9780060931902","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060931902.jpg?v=1730226089","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/red-sky-at-morning-a-novel-isbn-9780060931902","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}