{"product_id":"9780553380484","title":"Younger Than That Now: A Shared Passage from the Sixties","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable dual memoir that explores an extraordinary friendship ... and illuminates a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt began in 1969, when a group of bored Long Island high school reporters wrote, for a lark, an obnoxious note to Ruth Tuttle, the editor of a school paper in small-town Mississippi. The ringleader, Jeff Durstewitz, impulsively dropped the letter into a mailbox, never suspecting that within a few days he'd receive an electrifying response. In the following flurry of letters, genteelly Southern Ruth and brash New Yorker Jeff explored their feelings about God, race, sex, and life — and an enduring friendship was begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next thirty years, this long-distance bond sustained Ruth and Jeff through love affairs and heartbreak, social change and disillusionment, divorce and the loss of a cherished friend. As their letters chart their passage from youth to middle age, their memoir captures not just the hopes of an era yearning for revolution and the soul of a country on the brink of change, but also the essence of being bright, young, and passionate. Sharp, funny, and true, here is a mirror for a generation — both then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018498228464,"sku":"9780553380484","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553380484_p0.jpg?v=1763717443","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553380484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}