When Riley Walker takes his Firecracker Red Jeep Wrangler for a drive on a Jersey Shore May morning, he has no idea that he\u2019s about to collide with a honking pickup sporting a timber rattler warning DON\u2019T TREAD ON ME. The crash leaves the drivers bleeding and hospitalized, and a gun-toting relative eager for revenge. Riley, girlfriend Molly, and her adopted grandson Klyde already have heartaches aplenty when their personal pain collides with America\u2019s toxic cultural climate. Take the Lively Air is a tale of yesterday\u2019s ghosts, today\u2019s troubles, and the search for a promising future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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