{"product_id":"happy-landings-emilie-lorings-life-writing-and-wisdom-9781947951624","title":"Happy Landings: Emilie Loring's Life, Writing, and Wisdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eRom coms, meet cutes, mystery men, courageous women, and the happy endings of today draw a direct line to the words between the covers of Emilie Loring's romance novels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a career spanning 40 years, Emilie Baker Loring saw millions of her books sold during her lifetime. \u003ci\u003eHappy Landings: Emilie Loring's Life, Writing and Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e shares this best-selling author's uplifting story for the first time. Loring's books brimmed with intricate plot twists, intense imagery, and page-turning excitement, setting her works apart from the drugstore novels of the early- to mid-20th century. Her oft-quoted phrases are part of the American lexicon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her readership has continued long after her passing. Now with generations of readers, Loring's books have sold more than thirty-seven million copies in a dozen languages. And now Emilie's own compelling life story is finally told in full. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With never-before-published photographs, privileged access to the Loring family archives, and twenty years of meticulous research, Patti Bender reveals a woman who lived as she wrote, with intelligence, humor, and wisdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"After all, living is the greatest thing we'll ever do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why not make an art of it?\" (Emilie Loring) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emilie Loring lived through two World Wars, a pandemic, the Great Depression, and deep, personal loss with her optimism intact and thirty best-selling novels to show for it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a woman's story in swiftly changing times for women; a charming story with little-known anecdotes about prominent authors; and the story of a writer in the making, with advice and encouragement for aspiring authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am personally grateful to Patti for filling out a dim, long-ago picture of my grandmother. Her skillful, sensitive portrait brings Emilie alive for me and adds many new dimensions--hard working, organized, feminist--with an extraordinary sense of optimism, and faith that things would turn out all right.\" --Valentine Loring Titus, Emilie Loring's granddaughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947951624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 7.25w x 1.31d","brand":"Patti Bender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42776269062325,"sku":"9781947951624","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_84bd7db1-594b-4009-8306-ff06834ff125.jpg?v=1679412923","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/happy-landings-emilie-lorings-life-writing-and-wisdom-9781947951624","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}