{"product_id":"private-cummings-pete-mcginty-9798218308971","title":"Private Cummings","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"... an engaging portrait of two lives filled with human longing and the costs of being different.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-BlueInk Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man and a boy whose lives unexpectedly connect are impacted in improbable ways.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrivate Hank Cummings didn't ask for the fate that befell him during his service in WWII. Saving the lives of three men from the burning wreckage of a B-29 left him a hero, albeit scarred and disabled. But when his personal secret was revealed, he recoiled into a life of seclusion and solitude for much of his adulthood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever losing his spirit and will to endure, he persevered through his hardships, finding the determination to live a full and prosperous life. His humility caused him to resist the hero's legacy he so richly deserved and would posthumously receive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years after a chance meeting with an inquisitive thirteen-year-old boy, the two reunite in Hank's final days, mending tragedy and suffering into self-discovery, peace, and purpose for both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...an evolving friendship between a boy and a man... a sense of tragedy that morphs into heroism and love, at the end.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Midwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete McGinty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218308971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grandview Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024 pg. 52","brand":"Pete McGinty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064918597887,"sku":"9798218308971","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30a82b55-6346-4bbb-81c5-457f2af932f4.jpg?v=1712125230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/private-cummings-pete-mcginty-9798218308971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}