{"product_id":"porch-stories-a-grandmothers-guide-to-happiness-9780743497121","title":"Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness","description":"Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes is a master of her craft, under-standing how both real and imagined stories can serve as a pathway to enlightenment. \u003ci\u003ePorch Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is Rhodes's tribute to her beloved grandmother, a real account of the love she received and the lessons she learned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jewell Parker Rhodes was left in the care of her father and his mother when her own mother abandoned the family. Grandmother Ernestine's house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was home to four other grandchildren as well. And while its crumbling bricks, lack of air-conditioning, and neighborhood rodents meant that life was anything but easy, the family house was filled with love. Everyone on their street knew and loved Grandmother Ernestine; men would tip their hats and children would rush up for a hug any time she was outside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one loved Grandmother Ernestine more than Jewell, who would pass up a movie with her cousins to sit outside on Ernestine's front stoop and listen to her stories and her words of comfort. Jewell would later move out West to live with her mother and father as they reattempted marriage. But that was a short-lived experience. Before long, she was back in the loving arms of her grandmother, whose wisdom and warmth gave all of her children the tools to overcome the ordinary and extraordinary challenges life brings. \u003ci\u003ePorch Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e described by Rhodes as an intergenerational love song, is a loving tribute that is at once candid, courageous, and reverent -- a literary portrait of family love that readers from all walks of life can see in themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewell Parker Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743497121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhodes, Jewell Parker:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJewell Parker Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Dreams, Season \u003c\/i\u003e(formerly titled \u003ci\u003eVoodoo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeason\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e Yellow Moon \u003c\/i\u003e(formerly titled \u003ci\u003eYellow Moon\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40440960450675,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_31a22cb3-ddcf-4832-9c10-1d3fae209b3c.jpg?v=1663252511","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/porch-stories-a-grandmothers-guide-to-happiness-9780743497121","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}