{"product_id":"first-job-a-memoir-of-growing-up-at-work-9781891620737","title":"First Job: A Memoir Of Growing Up At Work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Job: A Memoir Of Growing Up At Work\u003c\/strong\u003e by Buck, Rinker. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781891620737.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed coming-of-age story Flight of Passage comes a rollicking memoir of a special time of his-and everyone elses-life. Rinker Bucks First Job is an enchanting and engaging book that not only captures the experience of being a \"22-year-old with the maxed out brain,\" but also lyrically evokes a special time and place-the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts in the early 1970s. First Job is, on its most basic level, the story of Bucks years as a cub reporter at The Berkshire Eagle, a great country newspaper in its glory years, when it won a Pulitzer Prize and served as the launching pad for many journalists careers. But on a deeper level, it is a story that serves as a paradigm for everyones first job, replete with mentors who guided Buck through that raw and anxious time; lovers and friends who exposed him to new levels of intimacy, vulnerability, and self-awareness; and adventures that could only have happened to a young man who didnt know any better. Everyone had a first job, and with rare storytelling power and emotions laid bare, Buck brings back just how it felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885731999797,"sku":"ByrdShop_1891620738","price":50.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1891620738_b486d10f-559a-418a-90ef-733fe7cfdb40.jpg?v=1784331258","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/first-job-a-memoir-of-growing-up-at-work-9781891620737","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}