{"product_id":"my-mrs-brown-book-mr-william-norwich-9781501108617","title":"My Mrs. Brown","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis immensely enjoyable tale of empowerment (Patrick Henry Bass, NY1) about a gentle Rhode Island woman who makes her first journey to New York City to buy an exquisitely tailored dress gets to the essence of why style matters (Kate Betts).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly one September not long ago, a woman with a secret traveled to New York City in pursuit of a dream, to buy the most beautiful and correct dress she'd ever seen. But sometimes a dress isn't just a dress... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmilia Brown has spent a frugal, useful, and wholly restrained life in Ashville, Rhode Island. She is a genteel woman who has known her share of personal sorrows and quietly carried on, who makes a modest living cleaning and running errands, who delights in evening chats with her much younger neighbor, and who counts her blessings on a daily basis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile helping to inventory the estate of the late grand dame of Ashville and her lifelong source of inspiration, Mrs. Brown comes upon a dress that changes everything. It's a simple yet exquisitely tailored Oscar de la Renta sheath and jacket--a suit that Mrs. Brown realizes, with startling clarity, will say everything she has ever wished to convey about herself. As a means to an end as much as a thing of beauty, she must have it. And so, like the heroine in one of her favorite books Paul Gallico's 1958 classic \u003ci\u003eMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, her odyssey to purchase \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e dress in New York City begins. For not only is owning the Oscar de la Renta a must, the intimidating trip to purchase it on Madison Avenue is essential as well. If the dress is to give Mrs. Brown a voice, then she must prepare by making the daunting journey--both to the emerald city and within herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimeless, poignant, and appealing, \u003ci\u003eMy Mrs. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e is a contemporary fairy tale...a gentle rebuke to today's hyped-up fashion culture (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49640554004753,"sku":"GOR009284908","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50469699223825,"sku":"CIN1501108611G","price":3.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51030886252817,"sku":"NIN9781501108617","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1501108611.jpg?v=1751243229","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/my-mrs-brown-book-mr-william-norwich-9781501108617","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}