{"product_id":"book-arh3","title":"October Mourning","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book \u003ci\u003eHeather Has Two Mommies\u003c\/i\u003e. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew’s murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOctober Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Using her poetic imagination, the author creates fictitious monologues from various points of view, including the fence Matthew was tied to, the stars that watched over him, the deer that kept him company, and Matthew himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a decade later, this stunning cycle of sixty-eight poems serves as an illumination for readers too young to remember, and as a powerful, enduring tribute to Matthew Shepard’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49389979238704,"sku":"BDarh3","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49389979304240,"sku":"10arh3","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audio CD [11]","offer_id":49389979337008,"sku":"11arh3","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/arh3-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773806861","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-arh3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}