{"product_id":"tomorrow-is-forever-9781480485389","title":"Tomorrow Is Forever","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wife and mother grapples with love and loss in World War II-era Hollywood in a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author's emotional tour de force.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For two decades, Elizabeth Herlong has been a devoted wife, supporting her husband as he built an empire in Hollywood's budding motion picture industry. But far from the bright glamour of her current life, World War II rages in Europe, forcing Elizabeth to remember her past, awakening feelings and longings she thought she would never experience again. Most of all, she fears for her eldest son, who will turn eighteen in less than a year and have to enlist in the army. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then one night, Elizabeth's husband introduces her to a German screenwriter he's been working with. Erich Kessler is a disabled veteran of World War I attempting to make a new life for himself. Something in his face stirs Elizabeth's heart--setting her on a journey of discovery about the meaning of true love and the things that war cannot destroy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Made into a film starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, this is a novel of a woman haunted by the shadows of war both past and present, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Jubilee Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, and other acclaimed novels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-42747\"\u003eGwen Bristow\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480485389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480485381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027200\"\u003eRomance | Historical | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGwen Bristow (1903-1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution (\u003ci\u003eCelia Garth\u003c\/i\u003e) and the great California gold rush (\u003ci\u003eCalico Palace\u003c\/i\u003e), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth century. After graduating from Judson College in Alabama and attending the Columbia School of Journalism, Bristow worked as a reporter for New Orleans' \u003ci\u003eTimes-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e from 1925 to 1934. Through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, she developed an interest in longer forms of writing--novels and screenplays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Bristow moved to Hollywood, her literary career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, the first novel in a trilogy of Louisiana-set historical novels, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e. Bristow continued to write about the American South and explored the settling of the American West in her bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eJubilee Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film in 1954, and in her only work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eGolden Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTomorrow Is Forever\u003c\/i\u003e also became a film, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, in 1946.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44447119245549,"sku":"9781480485389","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_06bd8da0-4dbc-402e-b45e-98730c954e14.jpg?v=1700289585","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/tomorrow-is-forever-9781480485389","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}