{"product_id":"9781483635910","title":"BOLD AS BRASS","description":"Bold as Brass is a collection of twenty-four stories set in Waterbury, Connecticut, once Brass Capital of the World. All the stories are works of fiction. They are the author's look into long-ago lives, both of her Irish Catholic family and of imagined characters who might have joined them in their daily goings on, in a period of time that stretches from the thirties through the fifties.  Whether the characters are swimming at Scovill's Dam on a hot summer day and wondering what is beneath that water or telling stories around the kitchen table on a rainy afternoon, making a pilgrimage to Saint Anne de Beaupre in Canada to request a baby or bearing gifts to a birthday celebration with mixed results, their stories are presented in a way that shows how insightful commonplace occurrences can prove to be. Bold as Brass is the author’s second book, deliciously anecdotal, and a true companion to her first book, The View from Cracker Hill, a memoir of 1950s Waterbury.  These are stories of working-class people, of whom Betty notes in \"Saturday Night Swells,\" the idea that \"ordinary people can have extraordinary moments is a wonderful discovery.\"  The author says, \"I echo Betty's sentiment, and I am delighted to share these stories.\"","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169337557232,"sku":"9781483635910","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483635910_p0.jpg?v=1763631553","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483635910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}