{"product_id":"how-sweet-it-is-paperback","title":"How Sweet It Is! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThane Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of the greater Miami megalopolis rejoice  Finally there's a novel that nails your part of the world  --Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's hard to resist raising a toast to a book that shows Meyer Lansky, Frank Sinatra, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Muhammad Ali at a Little League Baseball game umpired by Fidel Castro. As Gleason would say, And awaaaay we go  --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Miami Beach in 1972, this novel follows the Posner family--two Holocaust survivors, Sophie and Jacob, and their son, Adam--doing everything they can to avoid one another in a city with an infinite supply of colorful diversions. In '72 Miami hosted both the Republican and Democratic political conventions and experienced the rise of the counterculture, the Cold War, and the desegregation of the old South. Miami Beach was to be the Posner's salvation. Instead they discover their lives quickly turning into a Disney World of funhouse mirrors and chaotic rides that give them front row seats through a transformational year in American culture, politics, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThane Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Within Sarah Stein, The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElijah Visible\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award), is a Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law, where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture, and Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThane Rosenbaum is author of the critically acclaimed novels The Stranger Within Sarah Stein, The Golems of Gotham, and Second Hand Smoke, and of the novel-in-stories Elijah Visible, which received the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for the best book of Jewish American fiction. He is a Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law, where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture, and Society. Visit: http: \/\/www.thanerosenbaum.com\/.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696902770751,"sku":"9781942134015","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f0295aece0b6b2bd30abd28ee947056b.webp?v=1765007711","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/how-sweet-it-is-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}