{"product_id":"2940016336435","title":"A War of Her Own","description":"\"A well-written book.\" – Dallas Morning News. Winner, Best Novel of the Year, Press Women of Texas. This historical novel by Austin–area author Sylvia Dickey Smith offers the captivating tale of Bea Meade, young mother and lady riveter, and the challenges she faces on the homefront working on the Texas\/Louisiana border in a booming shipyard. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA War of Her Own is set in the summer of 1943 in Orange, Texas, a sleepy little town overrun with tens of thousands of new workers. With jobs galore at the wartime shipyards, the workers are rich with cash, eager for excitement, and looking for a good time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the midst of this, Bea Meade, mother of an infant son, finds her life shattered when her philandering husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. To make ends meet, Bea takes a job at one of the shipyards as a riveter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife is good for ’most everyone in Orange – except Bea, who has to fight her battles against a no-good husband, the prejudice facing women in the workplace, and the mysteries of her past that keep her awake at night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA War of Her Own offers a story of wartime passions on the World War II homefront as Bea seeks to discover who she really is. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2nd Place Award, Best Novel of the Year – National Federation of Press Women \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Smith writes with a descriptive power that makes you feel you’re among the sights, sounds and smells of a bygone Texas.” – Galveston Daily News \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fine tale of the struggle of women during World War II.” – Midwest Book Review","brand":"Crispin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180025954544,"sku":"2940016336435","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016336435_p0.jpg?v=1763634372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016336435","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}