{"product_id":"gi-bride","title":"GI Bride","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the remarkable memoir by GI Bride and bestselling author Iris Jones Simantel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIris had escaped the Blitz but now lived in crippling poverty after the war - until a chance meeting changed her life. Aged just sixteen, she fell in love and married US soldier Bob Irvine. And soon after she set sail for a new life in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It was the 1950s, the land of hope, dreams and Doris Day movies. But Iris ended up in a cramped Chicago bungalow, shared with Bob's parents. With a baby on the way and a husband turning daily into a stranger, Iris was wracked by homesickness. Trapped and desperately lonely, she had to make a fresh start, in a country where hope and opportunity thrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this dramatic sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller, \u003ci\u003eFar From the East End\u003c\/i\u003e, we follow young Iris Jones Simantel from London to New York, Chicago and Las Vegas in her struggle to find work, love and a sense of belonging in a foreign land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIris Simantel is the acclaimed winner of the Saga Magazine 'Life Story' competition, beating several thousand entries to publish her first memoir \u003ci\u003eFar From the East  End. \u003c\/i\u003eIris grew up in Dagenham and South Oxhey (with an evacuation to Wales in between) before marrying her GI husband Bob and moving to Chicago. She now resides in Devon where she enjoys writing as a pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240877445464,"sku":"9781405912648","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405912648.jpg?v=1765202420","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gi-bride","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}