{"product_id":"9780452275287","title":"Brighton Beach Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in Neil Simon’s \"Eugene Trilogy,\" followed by \u003ci\u003eBiloxi Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBroadway Bound \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Winner of a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other—with laughter, tears, and love. It is 1937 in Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He is witty, perceptive, obsessed with sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees. As our guide through his \"memoirs,\" Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life's challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends—and a new one begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis semiautobiographical classic was adapted into a film by Simon’s longterm professional partner, Gene Saks, who directed, among many others, \u003ci\u003eBiloxi Blues, The Odd Couple, Broadway Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Lost in Yonkers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013461754096,"sku":"9780452275287","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780452275287_p0.jpg?v=1763705203","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780452275287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}