{"product_id":"angels-and-pawprints-a-lifetime-of-love-laughter-and-tears-hardcover","title":"Angels and Pawprints: A Lifetime of Love, Laughter, and Tears - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMercer Gardner Jeanette Mercer Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the memoir \"Angels\" and Pawprints, Jeanette Gardner continues the rest of her life story, detailing how she managed to survive all the adventures, hardships, and mishaps that accompanied raising five children born in rapid succession with a mere six years separating all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gardner, the author of Dirty Feet and Hungry Hearts, begins by sharing details of the day she left Greybull, Montana, for Billings, met the love of her life, married him after a five-week courtship, and began what she calls \"the great adventure into marriage and motherhood.\" As she relays her poignant and humorous experiences, Gardner divulges the entertaining antics of her five children as they grew from toddlers to teens. From eating Drano, to starting fires in the chimney, to falling from trees, and swallowing pins, Gardner's anecdotes highlight one mother's sometimes hilarious-sometimes tearful-struggle to survive the challenges of raising a large family where the daily goal was often to just keep everyone alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gardner's look back at the craziness of motherhood filled with gray hair, laughter, tears, heart-stopping emergencies, and a heart overflowing with love prove that the absolute best job in the world is to be a mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeanette Mercer Gardner is the author of Dirty Feet and Hungry Hearts. She has been married for fifty-four years and is the mother of five children. She lives with her husband near Portland, Oregon, where she enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717764419647,"sku":"9781450210195","price":33.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0004763dd6ae2442aa16787e42f2ec2c.webp?v=1765079597","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/angels-and-pawprints-a-lifetime-of-love-laughter-and-tears-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}