{"product_id":"2940012784247","title":"The River's Bend","description":"The River’s Bend is the journey of a small town Wisconsin girl\u003cbr\u003ewho reads her way through her bedridden childhood illness during\u003cbr\u003ethe Depression; gets “discovered” on the train to California while\u003cbr\u003evisiting the man she loves; detours to post-war New York where she\u003cbr\u003ebecomes a successful model; rubs shoulders with the rich, famous\u003cbr\u003eand political including JFK; marries and becomes a typical 1950s\u003cbr\u003ehousewife; moves to the suburbs to raise her children in the safety of\u003cbr\u003eCold-War suburbia, and comes full circle back to Mayville, Wisconsin\u003cbr\u003ewhere today she runs a charming bed \u0026amp; breakfast.\u003cbr\u003eHers is a story of relationships: her close and loving bonds\u003cbr\u003ewith her grandfather, mother and brother; her lifelong love for her\u003cbr\u003eMayville sweetheart; her deep friendship with model Gloria Emerson,\u003cbr\u003eher sidekick in New York’s social scene, who eventually becomes a\u003cbr\u003ewar correspondent and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War; her\u003cbr\u003erelationship with Jack Kennedy, fresh off the PT boat and a political\u003cbr\u003eneophyte; her husband, her children, her grandchildren.\u003cbr\u003eWith an underlying sense of humor, Jayne shares intimate\u003cbr\u003ememories of a life that spans major world upheavals and powerful\u003cbr\u003eunderlying social forces, as she navigates her own personal journey. It\u003cbr\u003eis a story that, ultimately, we all relate to: love found, love lost and\u003cbr\u003elove found again.","brand":"Safe Goods\/ATN Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081676931312,"sku":"2940012784247","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012784247_p0.jpg?v=1763572581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012784247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}