{"product_id":"miss-giardino-9781558611740","title":"Miss Giardino","description":"Recovering in the hospital after a mysterious accident, retired San Francisco teacher Anna Giardino retraces the events of her life. As she recovers tender but painful memories of her working-class Italian American childhood, her years teaching and eventual disillusionment, she arrives at a new affirmation of her work and life. May Sarton calls the novel a \"divining rod into the springs of education....We find ourselves confronted with the grandeur and despair of what it is to be a teacher.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Bryant\u003c\/b\u003e is a native San Franciscan, the daughter of immigrants from northern Italy. She attended public schools in the Mission District, then San Francisco State University, completing a BA in music (1950) and an MA in creative writing (1964). From 1953 to 1976 she taught music and English in Bay Area high schools and colleges, spending the most time at Contra Costa College, after moving to Berkeley in 1964. She began writing fiction and articles in 1960.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420110721298,"sku":"9781558611740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c3cb9f4-3ec4-4e05-83a5-05bc4800413c.jpg?v=1729490064","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miss-giardino-9781558611740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}