{"product_id":"my-fathers-war-stories-as-told-by-toys-a-childs-history-of-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"My Father's War Stories, As Told By Toys: A Child's History of World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Ahern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house was small, built on the GI Bill. In its knotty-pine kitchen, beneath the gaze of countless wooden eyes darkened by cigarette smoke, \"My dad told war stories.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScores of war stories, for endless hours, for years, in unusual detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Ahern has authored a dozen books. Today, he is an internationally recognized expert on charity communications. He also won an NEA Fellowship in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his untamed memoir of growing up in an Irish-Scottish-American, Catholic-Protestant household ... where any mention of sex was taboo, men were seen as weak, women as strong, and religious warfare arrived with supper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom's dad was a 1919 flu-epidemic orphan. Survived the Great Depression. Survived combat in World War 2. Survived a lifetime in a factory. Survived a son who turned on him, as the Vietnam War drifted into \"nuts.\" Survived a wife who rose to the management of a daily newspaper; then killed herself. This is one insider's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52453595676979,"sku":"9781949790023","price":30.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VGa4ggvA5L9781949790023.webp?v=1783582257","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/my-fathers-war-stories-as-told-by-toys-a-childs-history-of-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}