{"product_id":"blackberry-winter-my-earlier-years","title":"Blackberry Winter - My Earlier Years","description":"During her life Margaret Mead represented many things to the American public; sage, scientist, noncomformist, crusader for world peace \u0026amp; archetypal grandmother. An enduring cultural icon, she came to symbolize a new kind of woman, one who successfully combined marriage \u0026amp; motherhood with a career \u0026amp; scholarship with a singular concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people. Even today, when memoirs of successful women scientists \u0026amp; scholars remain scarce, Blackberry Winter , 1st published in '72, provides a rare glimpse of a pioneering woman's formative journey. In her chapters \"On Being a Granddaughter\" \u0026amp; \"The Pattern My Family Made Me,\" Mead examines the wisdom she gained from her maternal grandmother as well as the inheritance she recieved from her ancestors, \u0026amp; how her upbringing fueled her desire for a fulfilling career that would reflect her own emerging values. We are treated to captivating portraits of bohemian life in NYC in the '20s; her early days at the American Museum of Natural History, where she met her longtime mentor, Franz Boas, \u0026amp; friend, Ruth Benedict; \u0026amp; 1st field trip to study adolescent girls in Samoa. Near the book's end, in \"On Being a Grandmother,\" she reflects on the legacy she leaves her descendants, indeed, all of humanity. This autobiography, reissued for a new generation of readers, will appeal to any eager to discover a woman of our century who made her way in a world seldom hospitable to the dreams \u0026amp; accomplishments of women.","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":43711816859929,"sku":"X15382","price":3.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":43711816892697,"sku":"X15382","price":3.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":43711816925465,"sku":"X15382","price":3.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":43711816958233,"sku":"X15382","price":3.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/book_not_available-01_b090b6e4-f18d-4200-aed7-23777282f315.jpg?v=1717740423","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/blackberry-winter-my-earlier-years","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}