{"product_id":"ludies-life-isbn-9780152053895","title":"Ludie's Life","description":"Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married, through the birth of her own children, and on into old age. This is the story of one woman’s experiences in a hard­scrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family—and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWould she tell you that six children\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewere too many,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat some disappointed,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat others surprised,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut that, all in all,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003esix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewere too many\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand one\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewould have been just fine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWould she tell you that she married\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat boy at fifteen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003enot only because he was tall and kind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut also because\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe needed a way out.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               —\u003cem\u003efrom\u003c\/em\u003e LUDIE’S LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889827508453,"sku":"NP9780152053895","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780152053895.jpg?v=1730231994","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ludies-life-isbn-9780152053895","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}