{"product_id":"sea-of-tranquility-paperback-2","title":"Sea of Tranquility - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Elliott Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Paul Russell, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the story of a splinted nuclear family - spanning from the optimistic time of the first moon shot to the bleak time of the early AIDS years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAstronaut Allen Cloud suffers severely from post-lunar depression, and dreams of returning to the far-off world in which he'd finally found peace. His wife's search for happiness takes her from the bottom of a bottle in middle America to Turkey, where she finds spiritual salvation. Their gay son Jonathan embarks on a journey of self-discovery, leading him from Houston to the sophisticated gay world of the East Coast. His acknowledgment of his sexual identity and pursuit of physical and spiritual fulfillment has its counterpoint in a repressed preacher's son, whose desires Jonathan awakens in high school and whose destiny Jonathan permanently alters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold by a brilliant quartet of voices, \u003ci\u003eSea of Tranquillity\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates a spectrum of emotion that sweeps from razor-sharp wit to wrenching heartache, from anger and alienation to acceptance and reconciliation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Russell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels - including \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Storm\u003c\/i\u003e - as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Gay 100\u003c\/i\u003e, a work of non-fiction. His most recent novel was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award as well as the winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award. He is a professor at Vassar College and lives in upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 371\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.59 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385032261810,"sku":"9780312303723","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cae7c66c023aa6aa882e81fd9763f854.webp?v=1777899376","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/sea-of-tranquility-paperback-2","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}