{"product_id":"9781480807402","title":"My Little Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot every immigrant who came to America went from rags to riches. Benjamin Vinar’s parents grew up in comfortable circumstances in a town called Ostrog in the Ukraine, but their circumstances quickly changed with the bloody arrival of World War I and the Russian Revolution. They barely made it out alive, escaping to the United States, where they settled in Rock Island, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBenjamin’s parents often reminisced at the dinner table about the Ostrog of their youth, a largely Jewish community of roughly eight thousand souls. Meanwhile, their life in the American Midwest was a constant struggle. As a child Benjamin saw his father use all his strength to move iron stoves and massive oak furniture about his secondhand store to eke out a living. As Benjamin grew up, his peers deserted earlier ways, and the once-vibrant Jewish community declined as his generation deserted their grandfathers’ ways en masse. It was already fading out of existence by the time he went to law school. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e, he breathes life back into what’s been lost, celebrating his Jewish heritage and sharing an important historical account, while intricately exploring the mindset that his upbringing produced in him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136174506224,"sku":"9781480807402","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480807402_p0.jpg?v=1763620162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480807402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}