{"product_id":"one-of-these-things-first-9781883285692","title":"One of These Things First","description":"One of These Things First is a wry and poignant reminiscence of a 15 year old gay Jewish boy in Brooklyn in the early sixties, and his unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother's bra and girdle store, to Manhattan's fabled Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, a fashionable Charenton for wealthy neurotics and Ivy League alcoholics, whose famous alumni include writers, poets, madmen, Marilyn Monroe, and bestselling author Steven Gaines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaines, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons; The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan; Simply Halston, the biography of the fashion designer; and co-author of The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles, among other books. He's a co-founder of the Hamptons International Film Festival and lives in a small hamlet on the East End of Long Island.","brand":"Delphinium Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51834694435090,"sku":"9781883285692","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2166b72-6364-485e-9f65-4dff694d8ffa.jpg?v=1767100945","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-of-these-things-first-9781883285692","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}