{"product_id":"growing-up-catholic-in-the-s-p-perone-9781663217424","title":"Growing up Catholic in the Twentieth Century: A 1940S - 1950S Memoir","description":"Parochial school in the 1940s and '50s. Strict discipline and rigid rules. Everything was verboten-from eating meat on Friday to patent leather shoes. The catechism told us we were sinners; Bible stories told us we would be punished. Teen-agers would struggle with \"sinful\" emotions and humiliating confessions. Finding ways to circumvent the rules-without the guilt and fear-became this teen-ager's obsession. It was mid-century America, when one didn't question authority; when millions proudly joined the army to fight World War II; when those at home gladly sacrificed; and when everything seemed black and white. Coming of age during those times, headed for that ultimate jarring collision with reality, was a humorous-in-retrospect adventure that needed to be told-a nostalgic romp for those who were there and a poignant revelation for those who were not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. P. Perone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1663217424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781663217424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"S. P. Perone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48436898103551,"sku":"9781663217424","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_879cedf9-4f84-4d68-8343-0de33e111cfa.jpg?v=1777158513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-catholic-in-the-s-p-perone-9781663217424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}