{"product_id":"9780996807135","title":"Children of the River: Growing up with 18 brothers and sisters along the Susquehanna","description":"\u003cp\u003eExperience a life that few people live today. It’s a life filled with physical risk requiring each member to work—and play—for the good of the whole. Told with refreshing forthrightness, this tribute and memoir is a heartwarming story of \u003cstrong\u003e19 children growing up in a Mennonite home and farming community\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Susquehanna River is the touchstone for recollections of obstacles, triumphs, and challenges in a large, loving household. Binding the family together are parents with unshakable values; songs at every turn; and the constant demands of farm life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperience your feet touching the cold bedroom floor on a winter morning—sharing a single bathroom—surviving a flood—driving tractor at the age of five—feeding winter-born lambs by the cookstove—high spirits and teasing—discovering a nest of baby rabbits—and the care-filled guidance of parents with nearly opposite dispositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove, connection, and faith formed and continues to sustain this family\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story is beautifuly told by one of the family members: Rose Stoltzfus Huyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Big Bay, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50032414392560,"sku":"9780996807135","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996807135_p0.jpg?v=1784249004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996807135","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}