{"product_id":"9781612320564","title":"The Grace Of Shortstops","description":"To a growing boy, life without base¬ball would be unimaginable, es¬pecially in the spring of 1947. History is being made at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson is about to break the color line and Brooklyn has a shot at the pennant.\u003cbr\u003eIn the Bronx, eight-year-old Ben¬jamin \"Peewee\" Brunig dreams of making the major leagues as the next Dodger shortstop; the heir apparent to Pee Wee Reese. But even as he fan¬tasizes about the future, the people around him-his mother, his rabbi father, his grandmother, even the neighborhood Rag Lady-are tor¬mented by the present and the past.\u003cbr\u003eOnly a family crisis could distract Peewee from his baseball passion. When his infant cousin is kidnaped, Peewee summons all the courage befitting a future Dodger shortstop and embarks on a search-and-rescue mission for the stolen baby.\u003cbr\u003eWhat Peewee discovers on the streets of New York is just the begin¬ning in a series of shocking revela¬tions that come to light about his family. A boy's loss of innocence is at the heart of Robert Mayer's richly woven narrative about the secrets and sorrows of a Jewish immigrant family and of a youngster who finds in America's greatest sport the courage and grace with which to face real life.","brand":"Speaking Volumes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048707637488,"sku":"9781612320564","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612320564_p0.jpg?v=1763842630","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612320564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}