{"product_id":"nothing-but-a-smile-paperback","title":"Nothing But a Smile - 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\u003eSteve Amick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his utterly charming story of a World War II veteran and an enterprising pinup girl, Steve Amick has created a beautifully understated love letter to an America of harder times and simpler choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1944, and Wink Dutton, a former illustrator for \u003ci\u003eYank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStars and Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e, arrives in Chicago after an injury to his drawing hand gets him discharged. Renting a room above the camera shop run by Sal Chesterton--the wife of Wink's buddy, still stationed in the Philippines--Wink is surprised to learn how Sal is making ends meet: producing pinup photos for the soldiers' girlie magazines. In fact, she's using herself as a model. When Wink becomes a partner in her covert enterprise, it's the beginning of a collaboration that is both wonderfully sexy and pure, one that not only leads to Wink's reinvention as a photographer but also--amid the painful adjustments of the postwar world--blossoms into a subtle and unexpected romance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Amick is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lake, the River \u0026amp; the Other Lake. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he received a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePlayboy, The Southern Review, New England Review, Story, McSweeney's, \u003c\/i\u003ein the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Writing, \u003c\/i\u003eand on National Public Radio. On walks with his wife and young son, he often passes the original Argus Camera building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.92 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556743901491,"sku":"9780307390196","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8u9NyoL01I9780307390196.webp?v=1761166365","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/nothing-but-a-smile-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}