{"product_id":"9781463461126","title":"JUST FOR JOY","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe framework for \u003ci\u003eJust for Joy\u003c\/i\u003e is the Great Depression of the Thirties and World War II. One ended the other. How a small town in the Midwest coped with each of these catastrophes, Patricia Linder guides her readers through the undercurrents of a family's daily life meeting the challenges and conquering the fears of poverty or the desolation that accompanies the impersonal demands of war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a biography about an Iowa town and the family that cherished it, making it more than just the place they lived.  As seen through the eyes of a child growing up, the reader becomes a member of that family, its loyalties to each other, its laughter and deep sadness.  There is an innocence about those desperate years.  A parent's anguish goes unnoticed with the promised delights of childhood.  Shielded from the realities of the hardness of the times, a generation grew up in the shadow of want and the finality of the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAward-winning writer Patricia Linder, has given us \u003ci\u003eRow, Row, Row Your Boat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lady and the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e which has received the 2006 Silver Medal for Memoirs from the Military Writers of America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143913619696,"sku":"9781463461126","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781463461126_p0.jpg?v=1763682069","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781463461126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}