{"product_id":"the-newport-girls-colton-elaine-colton-9781450231060","title":"The Newport Girls: A Memoir","description":"At the tender age of eleven, Elaine Colton moved to Newport, Rhode Island, to live with her Navy civilian engineer father. Life had already been difficult for Elaine, having lost her mother at an early age; she desperately needed a friend to stand by her side. Instead, she got not one, but \u003ci\u003efifteen\u003c\/i\u003e friends who supported her from childhood through adulthood for the next fifty years. Warm, witty, and full of love, \u003ci\u003eThe Newport Girls\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Colton's extraordinary lifelong relationship with her closest girlfriends. Beginning in 1952, Colton relates meeting Leenie Callahan, a girl who lived across the street, and how the two soon became best friends. They expanded their friendship circle in high school to include other like-minded girls. Together, these friends modeled for the local department store, wrote columns for the school paper, and enjoyed their carefree high school years. Despite the girls' wide dispersal around the country following graduation, they never lost affection for each other. Through marriages, career changes, children, financial hardships, divorce, and even death, the bond these women maintained for so long continued to hold strong. Along with numerous snapshots, other Newport Girls share their experiences in touching personal essays. In a story of the power of enduring friendship, the Newport Girls were always there for each other-and still are today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colton Elaine Colton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450231063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450231060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Colton Elaine Colton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439197532415,"sku":"9781450231060","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_300b9f07-b945-4b48-ae36-e864e4dab3e2.jpg?v=1777176098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-newport-girls-colton-elaine-colton-9781450231060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}