Overview
Imagine a world at war. Cities and countries wiped off the face of the earth. It happened. Imagine kids getting through it dreaming of white Christmases, of falling in love and living happily ever after. That happened too. These same kids invented Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll, tail fins for cars and the panty girdle. They invented the Hula Hoop, EZ Bake Ovens and the bikini...why they even landed on and walked around on the moon. Nothing to it. Their first loves were harder. Meet a forties child Jerry. Jerry's rose colored glasses came off in the '60s, he came of age, forgot he was just a kid and conquered marketing. Hollywood couldn't have written it better, and it's true. ""Just finished the book and I am simply staggered at how good it is. The story is engrossing and speaks to what every man has lived in his own life. It is a profound work. It is at its root a story of growth and passage. Passage from youth to maturity. All of us have had a similar experience but you have memorialized it into a beautiful narrative. There have been two comparable works for me personally. J. D. Salinger s epic, A Catcher in the Rye as I became a teenager and a movie I brought to the screen in the 1980 s: Stand by Me directed by Rob Reiner and written by Stephen King. Both made a profound impact on me and shed insight and light on my own life and evolution. Now, I must add a third leg to this group: The Long Stem is in the Lobby. It is that good. Thank you for making our times together a part of this wonderful work. I am honored. Congratulations my friend. I am glad that you have been and are in my life. Pete"" Peter S. Sealey (Past president of Columbia Pictures)
Full Product Details
Author: Jerome Mark Antil
Publisher: Little York Books
Imprint: Little York Books
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.413kg
ISBN: 9781735307626
ISBN 10: 1735307629
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 15 November 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Award winning author of historical fiction, Antil is best known for his works about growing up in the shadows of WWII. His semi-autobiographical Pompey Hollow series have been earned Books of the Year status - and are considered classics. Jerome Mark Antil had an early career writing commercially - and a lifelong career in marketing. Today he works in several genres - and is passionately rewriting a few of his earlier works - following the advice of Ernest Hemingway - 'the best writing is rewriting'. I'm a better writer now, said Antil. Why shouldn't I make my good books better?
