{"id":9107,"date":"2018-04-19T12:16:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9107"},"modified":"2018-04-19T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:46:14","slug":"big-michael-winter","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/shop\/big-michael-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Why &#8211; Michael Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Big Why<\/em>&nbsp;by Michael Winter, narrated by Robert Joy.<\/p>\n<p><em>This Canadian audiobook (aka audio book ) was produced in Newfoundland and Labrador by Rattling Books.&nbsp; Audiobooks from Rattling Books include fiction, poetry and non-fiction titles.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Recommend this post : The Big Why &#8211; Michael Winter on Facebook'  href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fredsrecords.com%2Fsite%2Fshop%2Fbig-michael-winter%2F&amp;t=The+Big+Why+%E2%80%93+Michael+Winter'  ><img loading=\"lazy\"  src='http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='24' width='24'  class='image-24' alt='facebook'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/24\/sprite-feb-24.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:24px;width:24px;background-position:-300px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Recommend on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Pin this post : The Big Why &#8211; Michael Winter on Pinterest'  href='http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fredsrecords.com%2Fsite%2Fshop%2Fbig-michael-winter%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fredsrecords.com%2Fsite%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2FBigWhy-150x150.jpeg'  ><img loading=\"lazy\"  src='http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='24' width='24'  class='image-24' alt='pinterest'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/24\/sprite-feb-24.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:24px;width:24px;background-position:-1200px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Pin it on pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Tweet this post : The Big Why &#8211; Michael Winter on Twitter'  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fredsrecords.com%2Fsite%2Fshop%2Fbig-michael-winter%2F&amp;text=\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\"  src='http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='24' width='24'  class='image-24' alt='twitter'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/24\/sprite-feb-24.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:24px;width:24px;background-position:-1625px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Tweet about it<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a rel=\"_self\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Freds%20Records%20:%20The%20Big%20Why%20&#8211;%20Michael%20Winter&amp;body=here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20something%20on%20the%20Fred's%20Records%20site%20I%20thought%20you%20might%20like.%20%20https:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/shop\/big-michael-winter\/\" title=\"Check this out -- totally thought of you...\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif\" height=\"24\"  width=\"24\" style=\"background: transparent url(http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/24\/sprite-feb-24.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:24px;width:24px;background-position:-275px 0px\" class=\"image-24\"  alt=\"email\" \/> <span class=\"head\">Tell a friend<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"clean\"><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Big Why<\/em>&nbsp;is both Michael Winter&#8217;s dazzling reinvention of the historical novel and a passionate and witty faux memoir of Rockwell Kent, the famous illustrator of&nbsp;<em>Moby Dick<\/em>. Focusing on the year Kent and his family spent in Brigus, Newfoundland on the eve of the First World War, Winter offers up the private emotions of a man whose outer ambitions betray his inner feelings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kent vows to be faithful to his wife, to live close to the sea, and document, through paintings and woodcuts, a picturesque land and society. But he also desires everything, including the young woman who cares for their children. His friend, the explorer Bob Bartlett, explains how the artist&#8217;s beliefs and way of life run drastically against those of this small seafaring community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Funny, surprising, and thoroughly honest about our desires and contradictions,&nbsp;<em>The Big Why<\/em>&nbsp;bares all: it is about a man who was not fully understood or accepted in the time and place in which he lived. And it is about how we all try to find our place in the world, to gain wisdom, but in the end must humbly accept the transcendent fallout of our actions. With<em>&nbsp;The Big Why<\/em>, the historical novel Gabriel English worked on in Michael Winter&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>This All Happened<\/em>&nbsp;is complete!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[502,14],"product_tag":[1683,1653,1682,1606,1681],"class_list":["post-9107","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-audio-book-cd","product_cat-cd","product_tag-audio-books","product_tag-audiobooks","product_tag-michael-winter","product_tag-rattling-books","product_tag-the-big-why","product_shipping_class-cd-dbl-dsc","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Big Why - Michael Winter - Freds Records<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/shop\/big-michael-winter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Big Why - Michael Winter - Freds Records\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Big Why&nbsp;is both Michael Winter&#039;s dazzling reinvention of the historical novel and a passionate and witty faux memoir of Rockwell Kent, the famous illustrator of&nbsp;Moby Dick. 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