{"product_id":"porch-stories-9798994891803","title":"Porch Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePorch Stories is a collection of vignettes drawn from eight years spent living and working on Mackinac Island, most of them answered from the front porch of The Inn at Stonecliffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs general manager of the historic mansion hotel, Stefanie Congdon heard the same questions day after day: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is this place?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do all winter?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you guys do weddings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs this place haunted?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is her answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through seasons, guests, weddings, winters, and everyday island life, Porch Stories offers an intimate look at a place most people only glimpse for a weekend. It is part memoir, part observation, and part lived experience-rooted in ferry schedules, horses, the island school, employee housing, and the quiet rituals that shape life in a car-free place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stefanie Congdon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197150556434,"sku":"9798994891803","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d550375-9386-46c4-a819-a032f10c98a9.jpg?v=1776164080","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/porch-stories-9798994891803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}