{"product_id":"2940012355041","title":"A Chautauqua Idyl","description":"Her father, Reverend Charles Livingston, was a Presbyterian pastor. Her mother, Marcia Macdonald Livingston, was supportive of her husband's work and enjoyed being a mother. Marcia was also an excellent storyteller and with her sister, Isabella Macdonald Alden, wrote extensively. It was, in fact, her Aunt Belle who put Grace on the path to becoming an author. She gave Grace a bound copy of a story she had dictated to Aunt Belle, The Esselstynes, on her twelfth birthday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace's first published book was A Chautauqua Idyll. Published in 1887, Grace wrote the book in an effort to earn enough money to take the family to the Chautauqua Lake program in New York when her father's health had forced them to move to Florida. It was the beginning of a long and productive writing career.","brand":"Jason Best","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078757761264,"sku":"2940012355041","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012355041","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}