{"product_id":"2940011379109","title":"Four Summers Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in New York and Washington City, Four Summers Waiting weaves a Civil War epic that emerges as a love story.Maria Onderdonk, daughter of a prominent Long Island widower, steps out of a dutiful-daughter role after a year of family mourning. Her best friend, Carolyn involves her in an Abolitionist Society meeting where Maria meets Henry Simms. Henry is a medical college student hlping slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Henry courts Maria through letters until he is about to open a medical practice and the War of the Rebellion begins.\u003cbr\u003eMaria and Carolyn's friendship is shaped and strengthened by wartime challenges. Carolyn enrolls in nurse training, a career almost unheard of in Victorian society. Maria yearns to help the Union cause, especially after Henry volunteers as a Union contract surgeon. She struggles to balance her sentiments with her father's opposition to the war. Maria's diary and Henry and Maria's letters become a chronicle of their love as they are caught up in events of the war. Determined to find a way to help the causes she believes in Maria follows her heart, and Henry to Washington, never imagining death and terror await her in that war-torn city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Fremont Schoenecker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145105490160,"sku":"2940011379109","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011379109_p0.jpg?v=1763942200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011379109","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}