{"id":972,"date":"2024-02-05T02:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T02:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/?page_id=972"},"modified":"2024-02-05T02:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T02:36:54","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a331f3c149bb&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a331f3c149bb\" class=\"alignright size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book-760x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" style=\"width:374px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book-760x1024.png 760w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book-768x1034.png 768w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book-891x1200.png 891w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/774588\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3d-book.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why you are crying, old man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, for a moment, I was thinking I was back in the day when I was a milero. My tears are of joy for what was then, working so hard in the cotton fields. The world of the cotton picker was not a walk through the park or a vacation. It was very demanding and brutal work. We found ways to overcome it knowing that with positive thinking and hard work, we could reach the place of the mileros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tears are remembering those days back then. I was young but high strung and always trying to pick a thousand pounds of cotton in one day. When I did, that was my greatest accomplishment in the cotton fields, a labor of love. These are also tears of sadness for the days growing up in the cotton fields. These tears are of missing those days, which bought happiness to my family, especially my parents. 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