{"product_id":"war-bonds-9780927379724","title":"War Bonds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eWar Bonds\u003c\/strong\u003e, Jack Goldman unspools a vivid, tender, humorous portrait of a Depression-era Jewish-American boyhood shaped by the competing energies of tradition, rebellion, assimilation, and war. He recounts life among a spirited cast of characters: a tap-dancing father dodging Orthodox expectations, a bar mitzvah faked for family pride, immigrant grandparents clinging to the old ways, and a Los Angeles childhood that veers from near tragedy to unexpected grace. Through intimate recollections-painful and sweet-he captures the strains of poverty, antisemitism, generational conflict, and the enduring power of family improvisation and resilience. \u003cstrong\u003eWar Bonds\u003c\/strong\u003e weaves memory, history, and identity into a deeply personal narrative of survival and belonging. This is a soulful, richly detailed story of growing up American, Jewish, and fiercely human in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoldman, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born 1934 in Bronx, NY, Jack Goldman graduated from UCLA, lived on an Israeli kibbutz, worked in Basel, Switzerland, then came to Cornell graduate school in 1968 on a Woodrow Wilson fellowship. Active in the anti-Vietnam War movement, Goldman started the Glad Day Press and the Dateline Ithaca weekly newsletter. In 1980, he opened The Bookery, a used and antiquarian bookstore. His daughter was born in 1986; his son Dan passed away in 2013. Jack retired in 2020 to master the art of chess, and to write poetry, stories, and his memoir, War Bonds.","brand":"Zorba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830483419410,"sku":"9780927379724","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_115c8e86-91b8-4ae9-b16c-e6197720c57b.jpg?v=1767004022","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-bonds-9780927379724","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}