{"product_id":"in-the-arms-of-mountains","title":"In the Arms of Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Cole Nicole LeFavour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRural America deserves more than an elegy: a powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idaho’s first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCole LeFavour was 11 years old when their hippie parents moved the family to a guest ranch in Idaho. Hours to the north, as the LeFavours unpacked pots and pans, Richard Butler dreamed of establishing a white separatist nation. It’s here, in one of the reddest states on the map, where Cole learned to raise ducklings, hike the wilderness alone, and build political resistance where you'd least expect it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story rural America deserves to tell—and that the rest of the country needs to hear. Follow LeFavour’s journey from their 2-mile walk to the school bus along a dirt road to their monumental election as Idaho’s first openly queer state senator. Cole recounts anti-apartheid protests at Berkeley, the solitary life of a fire lookout, and the gravitational pull of unexpected romance and loss. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Arms of Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a memoir with dirt under its nails and heart on its sleeve. It shatters the carefully constructed “monolithic heartland” myth and rewrites \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s bleak epitaph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaunting, hopeful, and full of fight, Cole’s story reminds us of what’s possible when we look beyond red and blue, right and left, to meet each other at the edge of the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47631483633815,"sku":null,"price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9780807024188_db2ab.jpg?v=1775592261","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/in-the-arms-of-mountains","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}