{"product_id":"lake-effect-a-memoir-9780375725333","title":"Lake Effect: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bittersweet coming-of-age story that quietly bores to the essence of friendship and how it survives even as it is destined to change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So outrageous and so true.... the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen's candor [and] off-beat observations.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless, reckless, and lower middle class in a place that wasn't, Jamie possessed such an irresistible insouciance and charm that even the teachers called him Drew-licious. Through the high school years of parties and Cub games and girls, of summer nights on the beach and forbidden forays into the blues bars of Chicago's notorious South Side, the two formed an inseparable bond. Even after Cohen went to college in New Orleans (Jamie went to Kansas) and then moved to New York, where he had a memorable interlude with the legendary \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Joseph Mitchell, Jamie remained oddly crucial to his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.20w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2003 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e69570 \/ Lake Effect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rich Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537399378101,"sku":"9780375725333","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_89e3f6ea-cf35-454f-b64c-2203cf6e058b.jpg?v=1779169376","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lake-effect-a-memoir-9780375725333","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}