{"product_id":"against-the-grain-paperback-5","title":"Against the Grain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLâle Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Against the Grain\u003c\/em\u003e combines gorgeous poetry and romance with heart-stopping action, as the daughter of a rich CEO joins forces with a logger's son to stop a huge lumber company from destroying an ancient redwood forest. The trees themselves become surprisingly powerful characters in this rich, multilayered novel. After reading \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Grain, \u003c\/em\u003eyou'll never look at a tree in the same way again.\" -Matt Witten, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I found the story quite enthralling. Lâle Davidson does a remarkable job of capturing the moods and rhythms of a very special time and place.\" -Larry Livermore Spy Rock Memories\u003c\/em\u003e, publisher of \u003cem\u003eLookout\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and veteran of Redwood Summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo-thousand-year-old redwoods once cloaked the northern California coast like bear fur, mesmerizing in their enormity. As a boy, Logan Blackburn spent many nights on a platform twenty stories off the ground in his favorite giant, Uuma, lulled to sleep by the strange murmuring and thrumming of the ancient redwood. As an adult, he joins his father and other activists to fight Pacific Lumber and save the three percent of that remains. When Logan's father dies in the attempt, the spell is broken. Logan can no longer hear the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make matters worse, billionaire Atlas Jamison, who staged a hostile takeover of Pacific Lumber, is tripling the tree felling rate. The largest and most ancient ones are being reduced to lawn furniture with heart-stopping speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActivists resort to ever more desperate measures to save both trees and planet, but Jamison seems unstoppable until his daughter Diana shows up, wanting to protect him from what she thinks is an unfair smear campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Logan overcome his grief and rage to show this privileged and savvy woman how to hear the voices of the trees-and stop her father's destruction? Is there more to Atlas Jamison than meets the eye? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the true story of violent clashes in Northern California between corporate raiders, loggers, and activists during Redwood Summer 1990, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/em\u003e is action-packed, transcendent, and timely. It asks, what will it take to wake humans up? Violence, love, or loss?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718398775359,"sku":"9781637772522","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/929b385b8243cde790671a3485eabfc8.webp?v=1765081789","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/against-the-grain-paperback-5","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}