Thompson, Jo

Jo Thompson was born into a broken and abusive situation, spent her formative years surviving Nazi-occupied Europe, and eventually left the continent in pursuit of an American way of life. She married a naval officer, had children, and spent two decades enjoying a transient life across Europe and the Pacific.

After settling down in Florida, she began to work and eventually support her husband during his long struggle with cancer and dementia. His passing caused a deep depression that eventually became the impetus for Thompson's writing her autobiography, "Bought and Paid For", in which she