{"product_id":"by-the-sea-peter-levine-9781969021466","title":"By The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is romance in \u003ci\u003eBy The Sea.\u003c\/i\u003e Mystery as well. Humor too. Even the twists and turns of dementia and formidable Black and White female characters. Once a school teacher, long widowed and always the loving mother of her only son Paul, eighty-year-old Pearl Goodwin is tormented by a secret that she has never shared with anyone. As she struggles with dementia, she sometimes takes on various personas - everyone from Lucy Ricardo to a Borscht Belt tummler. Intrigued by this older woman, Sally Martinelli, a poet, and Paul's new love, offers to share her poetry with Pearl in exchange for badly-cooked Jewish food and glimpses into Pearl's eclectic past. Through a variety of adventures including a nostalgic visit to Coney Island and a whirlwind tour of Pearl's Brooklyn as she remembers it, Pearl eventually reveals her secret and is finally free to \"reunite\" with her first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul and Sally unite as well in a way that pays homage to Pearl's life and to the lives of other women like her, who persevered on their own at a time when women's place and power faced formidable resistance. In doing so, they left an enduring legacy for generations of women that followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969021462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969021466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Publishing Assistants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Peter Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931209515263,"sku":"9781969021466","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e30b6db-2659-49b8-9e66-1b6e94820665.jpg?v=1766347197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/by-the-sea-peter-levine-9781969021466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}