{"product_id":"when-the-cactus-blooms","title":"When the Cactus Blooms","description":"Eric Sager's dad has given up on him. The seventeen-year-old was constantly in trouble at school and had proven to be a bad influence on his younger brother at home. Eric's dad transports him from San Antonio to his grandparent's ranch in far West Texas and dumps him off. Luta Sager, Eric's grandmother has struggled to hold her family together after a tragedy that occurred sixteen years earlier. Her husband has remained angry and self consumed with self-pity since the incident. Her faith and church family is all that has kept her from giving up. She has prayed that Eric, coming to live with them, will have a positive effect on him and his granddad. Frank Mendenhall has moved his family from Fort Worth to a far West Texas and taken a high school principal's job after being denied a promotion in his previous school. He is plagued with doubt and guilt about relocating his wife and two girls to what he describes as \"the jumping-off place.\" A dysfunctional family, a boy who has never been loved, a determined grandmother, and a high school principal come together in a novel that will tug at your heartstrings at times but leaves you feeling that life is full of goodness.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1646694384\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1646694384.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Russell, Charles Lynn\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43280537944125,"sku":"BVV.1646694384.A","price":9.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/when-the-cactus-blooms","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}