{"product_id":"my-little-life-benjamin-vinar-9781480807396","title":"My Little Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot every immigrant who came to America went from rags to riches. Benjamin Vinar's parents grew up in comfortable circumstances in a town called Ostrog in the Ukraine, but their circumstances quickly changed with the bloody arrival of World War I and the Russian Revolution. They barely made it out alive, escaping to the United States, where they settled in Rock Island, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin's parents often reminisced at the dinner table about the Ostrog of their youth, a largely Jewish community of roughly eight thousand souls. Meanwhile, their life in the American Midwest was a constant struggle. As a child Benjamin saw his father use all his strength to move iron stoves and massive oak furniture about his secondhand store to eke out a living. As Benjamin grew up, his peers deserted earlier ways, and the once-vibrant Jewish community declined as his generation deserted their grandfathers' ways en masse. It was already fading out of existence by the time he went to law school. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e, he breathes life back into what's been lost, celebrating his Jewish heritage and sharing an important historical account, while intricately exploring the mindset that his upbringing produced in him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Vinar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480807397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480807396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"Benjamin Vinar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453686395135,"sku":"9781480807396","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38619fa4-8d75-40ae-b2e1-61993a9ec49f.jpg?v=1777301660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-little-life-benjamin-vinar-9781480807396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}