{"product_id":"my-fathers-war-stories-as-tom-ahern-9781949790023","title":"My Father's War Stories, As Told By Toys: A Child's History of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe house was small, built on the GI Bill. In its knotty-pine kitchen, beneath the gaze of countless wooden eyes darkened by cigarette smoke, \"My dad told war stories.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScores of war stories, for endless hours, for years, in unusual detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Ahern has authored a dozen books. Today, he is an internationally recognized expert on charity communications. He also won an NEA Fellowship in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his untamed memoir of growing up in an Irish-Scottish-American, Catholic-Protestant household ... where any mention of sex was taboo, men were seen as weak, women as strong, and religious warfare arrived with supper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom's dad was a 1919 flu-epidemic orphan. Survived the Great Depression. Survived combat in World War 2. Survived a lifetime in a factory. Survived a son who turned on him, as the Vietnam War drifted into \"nuts.\" Survived a wife who rose to the management of a daily newspaper; then killed herself. This is one insider's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Ahern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949790029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949790023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pelekinesis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Tom Ahern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125720445183,"sku":"9781949790023","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb1be140-57e0-4bf6-8550-286c6e40cc87.jpg?v=1687444303","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-fathers-war-stories-as-tom-ahern-9781949790023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}