{"product_id":"more-than-a-dozen-summers-the-margaret-trilogy-9798990456112","title":"More than a Dozen Summers: The Margaret Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bonnie Rokke Tinnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: R. R. Bowker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: R. R. Bowker\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore than a Dozen Summers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the third book in my \"Margaret\" trilogy. The story is about three girls who become best friends in sixth grade in a northern Minnesota Scandinavian community called Norden. Each girl has a loss that they work to overcome as they grow up in a quiet community that is becoming more worldly. Margaret, the main character, is coming out of her grief from losing her mother in a car accident and is determined that this year, she will meet her best forever friends. Grandma Olson, her father's mother, is a huge influence in her life and helps raise her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe three girls, Margaret, Bridget, and Mary Elizabeth face all kinds of problems. First the typical things coming-of-age girls face like puberty, boyfriends, and the desire to be popular. However, there is evil and good everywhere, and they deal with racial prejudice, bullying, competition, poverty, addiction, religious judgment, and many other things. The stories capture the culture at that time and the history, which is full of rioting, protesting, assassinations, civil rights issues, the Hippie movement, and more. The story begins in 1956 and ends in 1970. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you are a baby boomer and lived through those years, this is your book. It will bring back many memories. The first two \"Margaret\" books are at the beginning of this novel. \u003cb\u003e The last book, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e A Dozen Summers, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecompletes the trilogy and the story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"R. R. Bowker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888376430743,"sku":"9798990456112","price":1825.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798990456112.webp?v=1781165458","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/more-than-a-dozen-summers-the-margaret-trilogy-9798990456112","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}