{"product_id":"us-and-them-patricia-bjorklund-9781943306022","title":"U.S. and Them: The Re-Enchantment of a Cold War Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir of growing up in the 1960s Cold War, Patricia Bjorklund narrates a girlhood filled with John Birch Society activism, racial tensions, concepts of sin and hell, and the ominous and omnipresent fears of nuclear apocalypse--and, conversely, the glowing redemptive powers of hope and happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The na vet  and paranoia of the Cold War years are perfectly rendered in Patricia Bjorklund's irresistible memoir of a working-class Connecticut childhood. Khrushchev is plotting, Communism is menacing, the traditional Catholic mass is changing and her pretty, patriotic, white mom is wearing a wire and infiltrating the Black Panthers in a flip and a miniskirt. Amid all this turmoil, Patricia navigates girlhood and adolescence with a loyal heart, an observant eye, and a sarcastic wit. If you grew up in the Cold War era, you'll love this book for the memories it rekindles--and if you didn't, it will make you wish you'd been there.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Evelyn Somers. Associate Editor, The Missouri Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Bjorklund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943306028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943306022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alamo Bay Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Patricia Bjorklund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940219322623,"sku":"9781943306022","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_49477515-7a94-451e-9c02-a03b4b193dcf.jpg?v=1681445934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/us-and-them-patricia-bjorklund-9781943306022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}