{"product_id":"it-started-in-june-9781496714220","title":"It Started in June","description":"\u003ci\u003eSusan Kietzman's engrossing and thought-provoking novel explores the choices and revelations that come with life's most unexpected events.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grace Trumbull's after work drink with Bradley Hanover, a handsome younger colleague, on a warm summer night turns into an impulsive, intimate encounter. After a few weeks of exhilarating secret dates, Grace--forty-two and divorced--realizes she's pregnant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Grace, whose estranged mother refers to her own teenage pregnancy as her biggest mistake, the prospect of parenthood is daunting. She's just been made vice president of a media relations company and is childfree by choice. Still, something deeper than her fear makes her want to keep the baby. She knows she can be a better, more capable parent than her mother was to her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As months pass and seasons change, Grace questions her decision to include Bradley in her plans. But they continue to navigate their complicated relationship, each struggling with what it means to make a commitment to someone. Most importantly, Grace begins trusting her instincts--maternal and otherwise--finding courage that will guide her through an uncertain future ripe with new possibilities . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for the novels of Susan Kietzman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written and closely observed . . . captures the deep and complicated love of family. Reading this lovely novel, I felt the embrace of summer on the shoreline.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Luanne Rice\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e The Summer Cottage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Readers will find themselves drawn into the tragedies and triumphs of this fictional family--distinct and yet utterly relatable.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHartford Books Examiner \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e The Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496714220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Susan Kietzman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36654323892380,"sku":"9781496714220","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6e5a449d-a011-4a43-96b6-5f18e006b979.jpg?v=1603883148","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/it-started-in-june-9781496714220","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}