{"product_id":"the-best-of-times-j-louis-yampolsky-9780578348537","title":"The Best of TImes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An exciting, wonderfully told story ...Yampolsky has done it again.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Nelson Johnson, \u003cem\u003eBoardwalk Empir\u003c\/em\u003ee and \u003cem\u003eDarrow's Nightmare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1945. WWII ends in the Pacific, and Jack Laurel-a decorated Marine Captain at twenty-one-returns home to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice, the girl he plans to marry. While she thrives as a Pine Barrens naturalist, he excels in his sales job, and their marriage is soon blessed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith a son, a perfect child. Surely, these are the best of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes, the weight of Jack's loss is almost too much to bear. Stoic to a fault, he soldiers on, partnering with his inventor friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto build the country's first mobile phone network. The venture is poised to make Jack wealthy beyond his dreams, but no amount of business success can dispel his loneliness or the thoughts of what might have been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Jack ever be whole again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this homage to the entrepreneurial spirit that fueled America's Greatest Generation, Yampolsky wraps a vital history lesson in a\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eriveting tale of love, loss, and renewal. A remarkable feat of storytelling.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lee Davis Willoughby, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***\u003cem\u003eThe Best of Times\u003c\/em\u003e is the follow up to J. Louis Yampolsky's debut novel \u003cem\u003eA Boardwalk Story**\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Louis Yampolsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578348535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578348537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mount Ross Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.15d","brand":"J. Louis Yampolsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072321581311,"sku":"9780578348537","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fef582c-065c-4bca-9d63-b50d80a5d086.jpg?v=1685441264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-of-times-j-louis-yampolsky-9780578348537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}