{"product_id":"9780988657717","title":"Making Partner","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's difficult to recall how innocent we all were before 9\/11\/2001. As the year 1999 came to an end, the world worried that a single number-the \"2\" in \"2000\"-would bring modern life as we knew it to an end as a result of the problem that came to be known simply as \"Y2K\". \u003ci\u003eMaking Partner\u003c\/i\u003e is set against this backdrop as four young people, Roderick Tribble, Melinda Pickels, Andrews de Groot and Sally Barnard, mix and match themselves within the confines of Rodman \u0026amp; Ward, an old-line Boston law firm that is on its last legs. John Rodman struggles to preserve the firm his Boston Brahmin father founded, while a rising generation of more aggressive lawyers seeks to grab the reins from him or leave with his clients. At the same time, Rodman must deal with the decline of his long-time partner Ned Ward, who is slipping into senility. A light-hearted romantic comedy, Making Partner will recall for the reader the way we were before the end of the last millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCon Chapman\u003c\/b\u003eis a Boston-area writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to \u003ci\u003eMaking Partner\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eCannaCorn\u003c\/i\u003e (Joshua Tree Publishing), and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Gerbil: How the Yankees Won (and the Red Sox Lost) the Greatest Pennant Race Ever\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the author of twenty-six plays, ten published, which have been performed in Boston, New York, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl With the Cullender on Her Head\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOther Wayward Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of light verse, and his poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpitball\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis humor has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eand Salon.com, and he is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe blogs at conchapman.wordpres.com, and his humor is available in print and Kindle formats on amazon.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConChapman.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Tree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49813786558704,"sku":"9780988657717","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988657717","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}