{"product_id":"the-other-side-of-the-middle-a-pennsylvania-dutch-story-of-family-love","title":"The Other Side of the Middle: A Pennsylvania Dutch Story of Family Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delightful fun historical novel of a Pa. Dutch family living in Berks Co., Pa. \u003cem\u003e\"Sit yoahself down an havea cup'a coffee once't, an a piece a shoofly pie.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Meet Arsenic and Peach Schlank and their family and a whole host of endearing \"Dutchies.\" \u003cem\u003e\"Life really ain't so simple foah us nomoah, ain't?\"\u003c\/em\u003e says Arsenic to his wife, Peach, as they meet the new challenges of aging \"on the other side of the middle.\" The story is set in 1983 on the Schlank farm near Reading, Pennsylvania, with family members experiencing sudden health problems, sharing and caring as family members adjust, a grandson running away from home, a daughter falling in love with a hospice volunteer, cooking Pa. Dutch foods familiar only to southeastern Pennsylvania, hay-making, ice skating, and fishing. The sequel \u003cem\u003eFurther From the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e (#3326) is available for $12.95. \u003cem\u003e(242pp. Author, 2005.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ronald Ray Schmeck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1193015300,"sku":"2957-3G5","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/3371\/products\/2957.jpg?v=1523045487","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.masthof.com\/products\/the-other-side-of-the-middle-a-pennsylvania-dutch-story-of-family-love","provider":"Masthof Bookstore and Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}