{"product_id":"the-old-overholt-and-other-stories-9781532013638","title":"The Old Overholt and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dreamer, a talker, a merrymaker, and a moralist, Tim Cadigan is classic Boston Irish--just the kind of local color that writer Mitch Goldberg is looking for when he moves to a working-class Dorchester neighborhood. Mitch soon learns that his elderly neighbor is both a prolific storyteller and a fascinating character, hilarious and neurotic, open-minded and self-righteous, kind and thoughtless, honorable and cagey, forgiving and grudge holding. \u003cbr\u003e After hearing dozens of stories from Tim's family and friends, Mitch decides to compile a broad sampling, including his own favorite, in which Tim produces a deathbed miracle of sorts with a shot of whiskey and a beer chaser. Blending humor and poignancy, other stories describe Tim's righteous defense of a tenant victimized by prejudice, his madcap efforts to get the pope to stop in for tea, his extraordinary determination to reverse his brother's mental illness, his annual yuletide roast of the regulars at the Connemara Gardens Bar and Grille, and his final days at the home he loves. \u003cbr\u003e The Old Overholt and Other Stories is a lively portrayal of an endearing, complex individual and the people, times, and place that shaped him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781532013638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Michaela Casey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38014170628277,"sku":"9781532013638","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_90cfbdc3-4901-49f4-ab0d-3ea51f86ffda.jpg?v=1609145955","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-old-overholt-and-other-stories-9781532013638","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}