{"title":"Patricia Bjorklund","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"u-s-and-them-the-re-enchantment-of-a-cold-war-childhood-paperback","title":"U.S. and Them: The Re-Enchantment of a Cold War Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir of growing up in the 1960s Cold War, Patricia Bjorklund narrates a girlhood filled with John Birch Society activism, racial tensions, concepts of sin and hell, and the ominous and omnipresent fears of nuclear apocalypse--and, conversely, the glowing redemptive powers of hope and happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The naïveté and paranoia of the Cold War years are perfectly rendered in Patricia Bjorklund's irresistible memoir of a working-class Connecticut childhood. Khrushchev is plotting, Communism is menacing, the traditional Catholic mass is changing and her pretty, patriotic, white mom is wearing a wire and infiltrating the Black Panthers in a flip and a miniskirt. Amid all this turmoil, Patricia navigates girlhood and adolescence with a loyal heart, an observant eye, and a sarcastic wit. If you grew up in the Cold War era, you'll love this book for the memories it rekindles--and if you didn't, it will make you wish you'd been there.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Evelyn Somers. Associate Editor, The Missouri Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67974139019487,"sku":"9781943306022","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/egduCjMf8g9781943306022.webp?v=1791838257"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/patricia-bjorklund.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}