{"id":821,"date":"2023-11-29T07:23:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossingbayouteche.com\/?page_id=821"},"modified":"2024-08-17T06:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T06:17:32","slug":"the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crossingbayouteche.com\/index.php\/the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"821\" class=\"elementor elementor-821\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3e398 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c3e398\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64955d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64955d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f392bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f392bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crossing Bayou Teche<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a86a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36a86a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Memoir by Melanie Grossman<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e81513 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e81513\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ce056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ce056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Catholic School girl from a rural town in the heart of Cajun Country meets a young man who serendipitously travels through St. Martinville, the small town along the Bayou Teche (rhymes with fresh) where she grew up. 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His name is Bill. He and his friend Michael are juniors in college and they are traveling around the country this summer. He\u2019s from New York, and he\u2019s Jewish!<\/p><p>The stranger walked out of the men\u2019s bathhouse. He was tall, blond, and muscular. When he saw me at the other end of the public swimming pool, his look was one of startled recognition, though I had never seen him before. He walked with purpose to the edge of the pool, flashed me a smile, and in one decisive movement, dove into the water. 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