{"product_id":"book-acsz","title":"Girls of Tender Age","description":"In \u003ci\u003eGirls of Tender Age,\u003c\/i\u003e Mary-Ann Tirone Smith seamlessly combines a memoir whose intimacy matches that of \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e with the tale of a community plagued by a malevolent predator that holds the emotional and cultural resonance of \u003ci\u003eThe Lovely Bones.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Smith's Hartford, Connecticut neighborhood is small-town America, a post-World War II housing project where everyone's door is unlocked and everything is within walking distance. Her family is peopled with memorable characters-her possibly psychic mother, her adoring father, and the numerous aunts and cousins who parade through her life with love and food and endless stories of the old days.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And then there's her brother, Tyler, Mary-Ann's real-life Boo Radley. An autistic before anyone knew what that meant, Tyler was unable to bear noise of any kind. The sound of crying, laughing, phones ringing, or toilets flushing was such an assault, he would substitute that pain with another: he'd try to chew his arm off.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hanging over this chaotic, but joyous American childhood is the sinister shadow of an approaching serial killer. The menacing Bob Malm lurks throughout this family portrait, and when the paths of innocence and evil cross one early December evening in 1953, the havoc he unleashes forever alters the landscape of Smith's childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348227399984,"sku":"BDacsz","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/304502-acsz-Square.jpg?v=1734216841","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-acsz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}