{"product_id":"the-best-of-peg-sloan","title":"The Best of Peg Sloan","description":"\u003cp\u003eMargaret (\"Peg\") Dalton Sloan published her first columnÑon the trials and tribulations of being a redheadÑin the Kankakee Daily Journal in 1977. She went on to write nearly 700 more on topics as varied as family, human nature, Irishness, the passage of time, and the memories of a big-city girl who married into an Illinois farm family. She won multiple awards for her writing and editingÑfrom the Associated Press, United Press International, and the National Press Women's AssociationÑand garnered a large and devoted readership along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps most remarkably, Peg Sloan didnÕt begin her writing career until her early fifties, following a busy first career spent raising six children. Today she lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with Barney Sloan, her husband (and archivist) of 66 years. In addition to their six children, Peg and Barney Sloan have 16 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren...and counting!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peg Sloan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227393552545,"sku":"9781111132072","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1zkzpdq6-front-shortedge-384_108bd462-8317-4e5b-87c0-da060e00f5c6.jpg?v=1748418048","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-of-peg-sloan","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}