{"product_id":"the-world-played-chess-9781542029377","title":"The World Played Chess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.\" --Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath a Scarlet Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Green Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542029377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Robert Dugoni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40793474400437,"sku":"9781542029377","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_09dfd072-0d7b-4777-b9cc-60f6ed1bf9f3.jpg?v=1629205390","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-world-played-chess-9781542029377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}