{"product_id":"i-was-a-country-girl-betty-sue-roberson-smith-9781533361677","title":"I Was a Country Girl and Had the Time of My Life: Life in the 1940s and 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's never too late to go home in author Betty Sue Smith's engrossing new memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Was a Country Girl and Had the Time of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrimming with recollections that are at times hilarious and heartbreaking, this collection of stories details Smith's idyllic childhood on her family's Tennessee farm in the 1940s and 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmith's fondness for her loved ones and upbringing shines through in vignettes about playing outside with her cousins, attending revival meetings at her small Methodist church, and marrying her high school sweetheart on the day she graduated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso included are tales from her own parents, including her mother's reminiscences about living during the Great Depression and Smith's memories of World War II: the food rationing, the fund-raising, and the anxious waits for her uncles to return from the front lines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough it all, readers will experience what life was really like on a farm in that time period: the ups and downs, the hardships rural Tennesseans had to endure simply to survive, and, most importantly, the love that sustained them as a family and a community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Sue Roberson Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1533361673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781533361677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d","brand":"Betty Sue Roberson Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919971971327,"sku":"9781533361677","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11b655f7-6819-4a51-b7da-7cccab059c3d.jpg?v=1710359867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-was-a-country-girl-betty-sue-roberson-smith-9781533361677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}