{"product_id":"mary-emma-company-9780803282117","title":"Mary Emma \u0026 Company","description":"The protagonist, Mary Emma Moody, widowed mother of six, has taken her family east in 1912 to begin a new life. Her son, Ralph, then thirteen, recalls how the Moodys survive that first bleak winter in a Massachusetts town. Money and prospects are lacking, but not so faith and resourcefulness. \"Mother\" in \u003ci\u003eLittle Britches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMan of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Emma emerges fully as a character in this book, and Ralph, no longer called \"Little Britches,\" comes into his own. The family's run-ins with authority and with broken furnaces in winter are evocative of a full and warm family life. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Emma \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/i\u003e continues the Moody saga that started in Colorado with \u003ci\u003eLittle Britches\u003c\/i\u003e and runs through \u003ci\u003eMan of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Home Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e. All these titles have been reprinted as Bison Books, as has \u003ci\u003eThe Fields of Home\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Ralph leaves the Massachusetts town for his grandfather's farm in Maine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Moody (1898-1982) is the author of \u003ci\u003eCome on Seabicuit!\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the Little Britches series about a boy's life on a Colorado ranch, all available in Bison Books editions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599074988306,"sku":"9780803282117","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5c9449c-bfe5-4bbf-b292-03035df987a1.jpg?v=1732196174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mary-emma-company-9780803282117","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}