{"product_id":"9780999620830","title":"The Complete History of Cheektowaga (As I Remember It)","description":"\"Except it's not a dream. It's a memory. A fragment of imagination, a fiction of reality. It happened and it will keep happening. Sometimes, it doesn't happen enough, and I fear I'll forget.\"\u003cp\u003eThe Complete History of Cheektowaga (As I Remember It) is a coming of age story of a bunch of kids growing up in the 1970's and early 80's in the very real town of Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. Based on actual events and people, the story provides a flavor of life in a typical middle class, suburban neighborhood. They discover girls, alcohol, and the need for friendship in a world that seems to be getting ever more difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut sometimes what you need most is not available. Or maybe you just need to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed within the story are \"history lessons,\" slices of time from our characters' lives. By doing this, the town of Cheektowaga becomes a part of the story, as we see it change along with our characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautiful, funny, sad, philosophical, and silly, Cheektowaga walks the line between them all. Be ready to laugh out loud as you wipe away tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Time is a cruel master. Time takes away dreams and leaves memories. Luckily, the memories grow through the years to the point that they take away the pain, the hurt, the truth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Frills Buffalo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997680738544,"sku":"9780999620830","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780999620830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}