{"product_id":"a-lifes-work-ben-jr-bradlee-9781439189429","title":"A Life's Work: Fathers and Sons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBen Bradlee's all-American football player father lost his well-paying job in the Depression and never recovered his income but also never lost his balance and energy.\u003c\/b\u003e Living on a borrowed estate, he undertook to clear the property, and his young son bonded with his father as they worked alongside each other in the woods. When thirteen-year-old Ben contracted polio, his father nursed him back to health until they could go to work again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Bradlee tells the story of how this lifelong love of working outdoors enabled him to forge an intimate connection with his own son, Quinn, who was born with a heart defect and is learning disabled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuinn Bradlee writes about how his father gave him courage and confidence, about what it is like not just to be the son of \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003eBen Bradlee but his father's best pal. He tells wistfully how their roles have reversed and how he has become his father's protector. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSally Quinn, wife and mother, offers her observation on fathers and sons in this joyous celebration of a special relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Jr. Bradlee, Quinn Bradlee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439189420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439189429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Ben Jr. Bradlee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45933933854975,"sku":"9781439189429","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a9733bb-785d-40f2-be85-9075727974c7.jpg?v=1721789943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-lifes-work-ben-jr-bradlee-9781439189429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}