1939. The tenth year of the Great Depression in America. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In Atlantic City, New Jersey--a seashore resort town that springs to life every summer--Jack Laurel comes of age.
At 15, Jack's life is turned ups...
An exciting, wonderfully told story ...Yampolsky has done it again.-Nelson Johnson, Boardwalk Empire and Darrow's Nightmare1945. WWII ends in the Pacific, and Jack Laurel-a decorated Marine Captain at twenty-one-returns home to Atlantic City, New Jer...