The River’s Bend is the journey of a small town Wisconsin girlwho reads her way through her bedridden childhood illness duringthe Depression; gets “discovered” on the train to California whilevisiting the man she loves; detours to post-war New York where shebecomes a successful model; rubs shoulders with the rich, famousand political including JFK; marries and becomes a typical 1950shousewife; moves to the suburbs to raise her children in the safety ofCold-War suburbia, and comes full circle back to Mayville, Wisconsinwhere today she runs a charming bed & breakfast.Hers is a story of relationships: her close and loving bondswith her grandfather, mother and brother; her lifelong love for herMayville sweetheart; her deep friendship with model Gloria Emerson,her sidekick in New York’s social scene, who eventually becomes awar correspondent and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War; herrelationship with Jack Kennedy, fresh off the PT boat and a politicalneophyte; her husband, her children, her grandchildren.With an underlying sense of humor, Jayne shares intimatememories of a life that spans major world upheavals and powerfulunderlying social forces, as she navigates her own personal journey. Itis a story that, ultimately, we all relate to: love found, love lost andlove found again.
The River’s Bend is the journey of a small town Wisconsin girlwho reads her way through her bedridden childhood illness duringthe Depression; gets “discovered” on the train to California whilevisiting the man she loves; detours to post-war New York where shebecomes a successful model; rubs shoulders with the rich, famousand political including JFK; marries and becomes a typical 1950shousewife; moves to the suburbs to raise her children in the safety ofCold-War suburbia, and comes full circle back to Mayville, Wisconsinwhere today she runs a charming bed & breakfast.Hers is a story of relationships: her close and loving bondswith her grandfather, mother and brother; her lifelong love for herMayville sweetheart; her deep friendship with model Gloria Emerson,her sidekick in New York’s social scene, who eventually becomes awar correspondent and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War; herrelationship with Jack Kennedy, fresh off the PT boat and a politicalneophyte; her husband, her children, her grandchildren.With an underlying sense of humor, Jayne shares intimatememories of a life that spans major world upheavals and powerfulunderlying social forces, as she navigates her own personal journey. Itis a story that, ultimately, we all relate to: love found, love lost andlove found again.
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