{"product_id":"the-light-is-ours-paperback","title":"The Light is Ours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Heyse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of historical fiction, The Light is Ours is set in a Great Lakes lighthouse in 1871-72. Lighthouse keepers in the small harbor town give aid to ship captains and sailors as well as their fellow townspeople in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness. When a formerly enslaved freedman and a ship captain come to Roundstone Harbor, a fictional village set on the Door County peninsula, their lives become intertwined with one another in a story of challenge and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArden Anderson, a young ship captain who hauls cargo up and down the Lake Michigan shoreline carries a secret about a troubled past. He spends years as a young man sailing the world and five more years in the Union Navy during the War Between the States trying to flee from a past of which he's ashamed. When a wealthy businessman hires the ship captain to transport supplies onto an island north of the Door County peninsula, the routine sail does not go as planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeggie McGinn has come home to the lighthouse after four years away. She returns as a widow who must fight societal norms in order to be independent. And her abolitionist views are tested when she comes face to face with lingering effects of the slave trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Light is Ours transports readers to a small harbor town 150 years ago when life was rugged, shipwrecks were not uncommon, and winters were cruel. It is a story of unforgettable characters and the difference they make by helping others survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983679525003,"sku":"9781736790243","price":30.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/EyETFqXYV39781736790243.webp?v=1793300123","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-light-is-ours-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}