{"product_id":"leave-the-kid-alone-steve-zettler-9783988321985","title":"Leave the Kid Alone: A Fractured Remembrance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eHistorians and baby boomers alike will recall the 1950s as a golden age. A golden age of television, sports and the American family dream. Steve Zettler's insightful \u003cem\u003eLeave the Kid Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, reveals the tarnish and the shadow that hung over this golden age... a great and insightful memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Dan Lauria, star of \u003cem\u003eThe Wonder Years\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevie is seven years old, going on eight, and the world is his oyster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's growing up above the family restaurant\/bar\/country inn, nestled in the free-spirited, alcohol-saturated Bucks County, Pennsylvania of the 1950s. The Inn is a magnet-a merry-go-round attracting larger-than-life characters from every imaginable walk of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn one side are the customers and overnight guests: Broadway producers, actors and songsters; Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, colorful artists, mobsters, and the occasional governor. On the other side of the kitchen's swinging door are the employees: worldly-wise war veterans, savvy waitresses, and acerbic bartenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Stevie, it's a world of constant motion, noise, and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his life is about to change in a way no one could have predicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up can be hard to do-and there may be no way of avoiding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Zettler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3988321982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783988321985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Steve Zettler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659846070527,"sku":"9783988321985","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leave-the-kid-alone-steve-zettler-9783988321985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}