{"product_id":"9780997157611","title":"Missionary Kid: Born in India, Bound for America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis story delves into the mind and heart of a little girl who lived in two different worlds - one, of her white-skinned privileged American missionary parents, and the other, of the brownskinned Indian people in whose country they worked and into which she was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe missionary lifestyle and the work of her parents are described through the eyes of the author, who spent all but 3 years of her childhood in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTropical illnesses, a treacherous ocean voyage, and long separations from her parents were some of the things which this daughter of missionaries survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in America for three years during WWII opened up yet another world for this young girl - a world filled with wonderment and excitement, a world where her relatives lived and the place where many happy memories were created. But once back in India, America became a distant memory, a place she would not return to until she was sixteen years old. For seven intervening years she was sent away to yet another world - boarding school. It was here that she explored more than just books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake a journey into all the different worlds of this extraordinary childhood!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Dopirak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49782612099312,"sku":"9780997157611","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997157611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}