{"product_id":"9781469700502","title":"A Charmed Life, Amid Order and Disorder","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author, 83 and a widower, drives from a northern suburb of Philadelphia, Pa. to take his oldest daughter Jane to a lunch for Mother’s Day 2010. Her two grown children live in other states. Jane, 61, is a recent grandmother. The author is a recent great-grandfather. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA former teacher of high school English, the author retired in 1991 and for about 10 years traveled extensively throughout Europe but now tutors 8 adults, 6 Korean women and 2 African-Americans, for the Abington Library adult literacy program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach of his 8 students gets an individual one-hour session one day a week. The tutors are not compensated for their gas or their time spent helping students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the Mother’s Day lunch, father and daughter talk about the upcoming primary election for U.S. Senator and the movies of Clint Eastwood. The next week the author gets a call from his twin sister, who lives in Portland, Oregon, postponing a planned visit to the east because of a fall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring a tutoring session at the Library, the author finds an unclaimed paperback edition of “\u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e.” He decides to keep it to read. When not tutoring, the author enjoys listening to music, watching movies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis 3 daughters, Jane, Kate, and Tess, are divorced, live in the Philadelphia area. Each has 2 grown children. The author’s son, his youngest, lives in Austin, Texas with a wife and 3 daughters, 12, 10, and 7.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe author’s 4 children are  interested in all Philadelphia sports teams and call him occasionally about wins and losses. These calls are a source of much pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141495668976,"sku":"9781469700502","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469700502_p0.jpg?v=1763699637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469700502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}