{"product_id":"union-square-adrian-koesters-9781627201933","title":"Union Square","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The year it was, even, had a lovely ring to it. Nineteen fifty-two. The war and all, it was over. Things were going to get better and better.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e In the Union Square neighborhood of southwest Baltimore, 1952 will in fact mark the beginning of what will come to be known as The Great Decline. Grand three-story row houses, old money and stature frame the setting for descendants of European immigrants and slaves who exist side-by-side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a community already marked by violence, alcoholism, and lurking poverty, young Irish boxer Paddy Dolan personifies the shadow that lies over much of a city where religious tensions, racial hatred, and sexual violence work to make monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of damnation and redemption, the sacred and the profane, \u003cem\u003eUnion Square\u003c\/em\u003e is also a story of deep humor and characters who will not soon be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Koesters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1627201939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627201933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apprentice House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Adrian Koesters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136831533311,"sku":"9781627201933","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe0a131c-5fbe-4e1a-b3bc-3b63ed225614.jpg?v=1770164815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/union-square-adrian-koesters-9781627201933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}