{"product_id":"by-the-sea-paperback-1","title":"By The Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is romance in \u003ci\u003eBy The Sea.\u003c\/i\u003e Mystery as well. Humor too. Even the twists and turns of dementia and formidable Black and White female characters. Once a school teacher, long widowed and always the loving mother of her only son Paul, eighty-year-old Pearl Goodwin is tormented by a secret that she has never shared with anyone. As she struggles with dementia, she sometimes takes on various personas - everyone from Lucy Ricardo to a Borscht Belt tummler. Intrigued by this older woman, Sally Martinelli, a poet, and Paul's new love, offers to share her poetry with Pearl in exchange for badly-cooked Jewish food and glimpses into Pearl's eclectic past. Through a variety of adventures including a nostalgic visit to Coney Island and a whirlwind tour of Pearl's Brooklyn as she remembers it, Pearl eventually reveals her secret and is finally free to \"reunite\" with her first love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul and Sally unite as well in a way that pays homage to Pearl's life and to the lives of other women like her, who persevered on their own at a time when women's place and power faced formidable resistance. In doing so, they left an enduring legacy for generations of women that followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075145580683,"sku":"9781969021466","price":29.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/zwOduOv2Km9781969021466.webp?v=1779774621","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/by-the-sea-paperback-1","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}