{"product_id":"becoming-john","title":"Becoming  John","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn account of a boy  growing up in the small town of  Tillsonburg in the 1940's and 50's. This is his view of the town and his life in it. It is a portrait of the way things were at the end of WW2 and the fast changing decade afterward. John's stories of growing up are combined with an imaginary tour of the town where the location creates recall of something at the location.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone wanting a behind the scenes glimpse of the culture of the era, or who is interested in Tillsonburg or Ontario small towns these little random stories will be a pleasure to read and perhaps awaken memories of or a new interest in life over half a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a time of transition not only from the war but  from the remnants of the first half of the 20th century when things familar then were ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe all grow up, some of us in small towns where we had freedom and opportunities that parent's of today would find unusual. These were some of John's stories as he grew from Jackie to Jack to John.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Eacott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43998366990497,"sku":"9781111130904","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/17g7m25y-front-shortedge-384_c6a85a91-81dc-4d58-a3a2-29dc4bf845b4.jpg?v=1748413973","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-john","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}