{"product_id":"author-event-my-grandmothers-ring","title":"My Grandmother's Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom her own perspective of having lived a happy and enriched life but “nothing remarkable,” my grandmother, Lorraine Rey Isaacs Hofeller, my “Meme,” lived a full 106 and a half magical years through three centuries, experienced two world wars and countless other wars, lived through the Great Depression, positioned herself as a trailblazer long before women were considered leaders—and is remembered as the last survivor of the 1900 storm in Galveston, Texas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer remarkable life story, as seen through her violet eyes, and interpreted by me—her youngest grandchild, her namesake, Laurie Kuper Bricker––is a collection of tales of wonderment as Lorraine embraced each day of her life from February of 1896 through July of 2002.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer incredible engagement ring, mailed to her from Buffalo, New York, by Sigmar Hofeller in 1918, accompanied her through the journey of youth to old age and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than anecdotal, the chapters refresh and revise what life was like in a “simpler time.” Maybe it was simpler as generations to follow look back, but it was not so simple then!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date 02\/24\/25 - Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024738509110,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/Screenshot2025-07-07at3.21.06PM.png?v=1751919706","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/author-event-my-grandmothers-ring","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}