{"product_id":"being-brothers-mike-delucia-9798580110158","title":"Being Brothers","description":"\u003cb\u003eSiblings... Our first friends. Our first enemies. Our past. Our present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMADNESS: The Man Who Changed Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e comes another inspiring novel about Friends, Family... and Baseball. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Literary Titan Book Awards - Gold Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e2021 Book Excellence Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e2021 Readers' Favorite Book Awards - Gold Winner, Fiction Sports\u003cbr\u003e2021 International Book Awards - Finalist, Sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Experience baseball, lessons of a great coach, team players, failures and rewards. I invite you to a reality, perhaps very different from yours. I have no doubt that you will want to share this book with young people who are coming of age. As a mother and grandmother, I can say with no hesitation that this book should be required reading for teens. Too many young people are emersed in a reality shaped by the lights, sounds, vibrations, and conversations emitting from electronics. They need to know that it is OK to seek out the warmth, even risk of personal encounters between family, peers, school, and community life.\"\u003c\/i\u003e 5-Star Review from Global Marketing Network \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bronx, New York, 1972\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEING BROTHERS\u003c\/b\u003e is a story, within a story, within a story, sparked by the fortuitous, life-changing epiphany of Mark Marino, a content middle-aged man who discovers an untapped well of repressed, unrealized dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnother character, Jack Amato, frequently revisits the Neighborhood to ground himself by the sights, smells and memories of the past, through the coming-of-age experiences of Jackie, the spacey, slightly awkward, yet lovable version of his younger self who grew up in the Bronx in the 1970s --- a time of street games, young love, best friends, little league, mean teachers, and the love\/hate, friend\/enemy dynamics of sibling rivalry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Mark, Jack, and Jackie exist in separate worlds, they are all connected by the outcome of Mark's serendipitous moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEING BROTHERS\u003c\/b\u003e takes the reader on a journey back in time, to a much simpler era, and examines the experiences of family, friendship, life lessons, and the profound impact of our past. For those who lived it, enjoy the story of your past, and for those who didn't, sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy the ride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGET YOUR COPY! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Books by Mike DeLucia: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn for The Game\u003cbr\u003eMADNESS: The Man Who Changed Basketball\u003cbr\u003eSettling a Score\u003cbr\u003eBoycott the Yankees \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit Mike DeLucia's Website: \u003cb\u003ewww.booksbymikedelucia.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Delucia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8580110157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798580110158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Mike Delucia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944031420671,"sku":"9798580110158","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_42e6de33-068a-466a-a006-13d0cd69f1ab.jpg?v=1681501393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-brothers-mike-delucia-9798580110158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}