{"product_id":"9781626818897","title":"Summer of '42","description":"\u003cp\u003e“​SUMMER OF ‘42 is a charming and tender novel…The overall effect is one of high hilarity. Raucher is a comic-artist who is able to convey the fears and joys…of the boy and at the same time give older readers a wrench in the heart. ” —​PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic coming-of-age story and international bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptivating and evocative, Herman Raucher’s semi-autobiographical tale has been made into a record-breaking Academy Award nominated hit movie, adapted for the stage, and enchanted readers for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1942, Hermie is fifteen. He is wildly obsessed with sex, and passionately in love with an \"older woman\" of twenty-two, whose husband is overseas and at war. Ambling through Nantucket Island with his friends, Hermie’s indelible narration chronicles his frantic efforts to become a man, especially one worthy of the lovely Dorothy, as well as his glorious and heartbreaking initiation into sex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversion Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053302890736,"sku":"9781626818897","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626818897_p0.jpg?v=1769905349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626818897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}