{"product_id":"nothing-but-a-smile-9780307390196","title":"Nothing But a Smile","description":"In his utterly charming story of a World War II veteran and an enterprising pinup girl, Steve Amick has created a beautifully understated love letter to an America of harder times and simpler choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1944, and Wink Dutton, a former illustrator for \u003ci\u003eYank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStars and Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e, arrives in Chicago after an injury to his drawing hand gets him discharged. Renting a room above the camera shop run by Sal Chesterton--the wife of Wink's buddy, still stationed in the Philippines--Wink is surprised to learn how Sal is making ends meet: producing pinup photos for the soldiers' girlie magazines. In fact, she's using herself as a model. When Wink becomes a partner in her covert enterprise, it's the beginning of a collaboration that is both wonderfully sexy and pure, one that not only leads to Wink's reinvention as a photographer but also--amid the painful adjustments of the postwar world--blossoms into a subtle and unexpected romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307390196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.54w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steve Amick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207235694773,"sku":"9780307390196","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d4217f44-9dca-4822-b7dc-27db4535d4f0.jpg?v=1716908350","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nothing-but-a-smile-9780307390196","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}