{"product_id":"9781425199647","title":"Eleven Days in August: A Chronicle of Summers","description":"A funny, poignant memoir of the author's annual eleven day transition from Wall Street to his family's Italian sausage business at the Wisconsin State Fair. A return to family, hometown...and self.  Great Americana!  \u003cp\u003e Welcome to the August lives of Amatore Mille and his family.  The year is 2001...and 1957...and 1973 - actually, every year, since 1932 - when the Milles began an August summer tradition of selling Italian sausage sandwiches at The Wisconsin State Fair.  You are about to enter a world where Italian immigrant grandparents leave their indelible mark on three subsequent generations, where a father, in his inimitable way, focuses on the family business...and his family...for eleven days of each summer, and where children grow up with sawdust underfoot and State Fair attractions all around. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In episodes that move between present and past, the author takes you on a tour of family escapades that, in turn, are laugh-out-loud funny...and touching...where grandma, with no experience, is forced to drive expensive cars, grandpa provides light-hearted amusement (but little work), and the author, through misadventures and near-tragedy, finally learns what the family business is really all about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127012704496,"sku":"9781425199647","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781425199647_p0.jpg?v=1763746022","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781425199647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}