{"product_id":"9780615662381","title":"Mae","description":"\"MAE is a most beautifully and compellingly written, heart-breaking, life-and-love-affirming tale all at once. I read it in one sitting I was so unable to put it down. This is creative nonfiction at its finest.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Acclaimed novelist Sophie Powell\u003cp\u003e A tale of love, challenges, determination and faith, MAE chronicles the life of L.Mae Martin,\u003cbr\u003ewhose journey starts on her family's farm in Scituate, Rhode Island, a small New England town, during the depression. A strong willed girl whose favorite motto is \"It's a great life if you don't weaken,\" Mae faces a myriad of obstacles in her life from both strange and overbearing relatives to friends who encourage and help her on her way to her dream of becoming a teacher and mother.\u003cbr\u003e Though she always keeps a positive attitude, she must make her way through a maze of tragic and challenging events and experiences which she encounters along the way. Regardless, she refuses to give in or give up on her dreams. \u003cbr\u003e MAE is a story about a strong woman with a zest for life who fights for what she believes in to the very end. She is a shining example of family values and virtues for modern day women.\u003cbr\u003e Dick Martin is an award winning writer whose feature stories and columns have appeared in a number of magazines and newspapers including Your Smithfield Magazine, The Woonsocket Call, The Providence Journal, Providence Magazine, and The Observer, among other venues. Martin, who grew up on a small farm in Glocester, Rhode Island, based the story of Mae on his own mother, who kept diaries growing up on the family farm in Scituate, Rhode Island. Tales were a common pastime for the family, whose strong Irish heritage is evident in the stories which fill the pages of MAE. It is a book which is both humorous and sad as it winds through the path of Mae's long life, a life of fulfillment, promise, and hope,\u003cbr\u003ebut most of all, love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard T. Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026943033584,"sku":"9780615662381","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615662381_p0.jpg?v=1763598029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615662381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}