{"product_id":"when-we-were-the-kennedys-a-memoir-from-mexico-maine","title":"When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine","description":"Winner of the 2012 Sarton Memoir Award\n\n“Every few years, a memoir comes along that revitalizes the form…With generous, precise, and unsentimental prose, Monica Wood brilliantly achieves this . . . When We Were the Kennedys is a deeply moving gem!”—Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog and Townie\n\nMexico, Maine, 1963: The Wood family is much like its close, Catholic, immigrant neighbors, all dependent on the fathers’ wages from the Oxford Paper Company. But when Dad suddenly dies on his way to work, Mum and the four deeply connected Wood girls are set adrift. When We Were the Kennedys is the story of how a family, a town, and then a nation mourns and finds the strength to move on.\n\n“On her own terms, wry and empathetic, Wood locates the melodies in the aftershock of sudden loss.”—Boston Globe\n\n“[A] marvel of storytelling, layered and rich. It is, by turns, a chronicle of the renowned paper mill that was both pride and poison to several generations of a town; a tribute to the ethnic stew of immigrant families that grew and prospered there; and an account of one family’s grief, love, and resilience.”—Maine Sunday Telegram\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0544002326\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0544002326.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wood, Monica\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499397193786,"sku":"DBV.0544002326.A","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0544002326-0.jpg?v=1783027534","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/when-we-were-the-kennedys-a-memoir-from-mexico-maine","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}