The Rivers Bend

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The Rivers Bend

ISBN Number 9781884820991

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The River’s Bend is the journey of a small town Wisconsin girl who reads her way through her bedridden childhood illness during the Depression; gets “discovered” on the train to California while visiting the man she loves; detours to post-war New York where she becomes a successful model; rubs shoulders with the rich, famous and political including JFK; marries and becomes a typical 1950s housewife; moves to the suburbs to raise her children in the safety of Cold-War suburbia, and comes full circle back to Mayville, Wisconsin where today she runs a charming bed & breakfast.

Hers is a story of relationships: her close and loving bonds with her grandfather, mother and brother; her lifelong love for her Mayville sweetheart; her deep friendship with model Gloria Emerson, her sidekick in New York’s social scene, who eventually becomes a war correspondent and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War; her relationship with Jack Kennedy, fresh off the PT boat and a political neophyte; her husband, her children, her grandchildren.

With an underlying sense of humor, Jayne shares intimate memories of a life that spans major world upheavals and powerful underlying social forces, as she navigates her own personal journey.

It is a story that, ultimately, we all relate to: love found, love lost and love found again.

“A look into an amazing life and the water that runs through it all. Murray proves that no matter where a person comes from one can accomplish great things, and never lose sight of who you are.” —Ken Thomas, Assistant Editor, Capital Newspapers

"An engaging personal history. Revealing her deep appreciation of our interconnectedness with others, Murray recounts her ties with family and friends, including the famous, and weaves together the strands of a rich, fascinating and obviously fulfilling life." —Representative Tom Petri, 6th District, Wisconsin

“What a remarkable life! This book is hard to set down; I wanted to know what would happen next in this adventurous tale. This is an honest, upfront and revealing look at one woman's amazing life story.” —Renee Wahlen Tillema, Editor, InSpire Magazine

Title: The Rivers Bend
ISBN: 97818848820991
Author: Jane Murray
Publisher: Safe Goods
Additional Features:
Softcover/270 pages/6x9/trade
About the Author:
Jayne Murray tells her life's story in this enchanting autobiography. Being raised in a small midwest town, she traveled to New York City and became a Barbizon model where she became quite a socialite hobnobbing with the best and dating notables like John F. Kennedy. Her story takes us back to the fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond with a nostalgic look at life from one woman's perspective.

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