{"product_id":"born-in-1957","title":"Born in 1957: The Sputnik Generation","description":"\u003cp class=\"tl\"\u003eBorn the Year the Sky Opened\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"hook\"\u003eSputnik, the Dodgers, the draft and the phone company: one Brooklyn life, told by the girl who lived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bdg-split\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"banner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"icon\"\u003e📖\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis is a story book.\u003c\/b\u003e A first-person coming-of-age novel about someone born in 1957, growing up through the real events, songs, toys and prices of their decades.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe story\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Kowalczyk's father bought the candy before he bought anything else. That is how the story of her birth goes, told every Valentine's Day at the family table, and it sets the tone for a life that is loving, loud, and full of Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1957: The Sputnik Generation is a first-person life story of an ordinary girl born in a two-family house in Greenpoint. Her father works at the Navy Yard and later at Domino Sugar. Her mother pours coffee at a Woolworth's lunch counter and watches Perry Mason reruns on a little Zenith in the kitchen. From that kitchen Jane learns to argue, and she turns the habit into a job. Each chapter is named for a courtroom word, from Objection to Hearsay to Adjourned, and each one ends with a short note on what really happened in the world that year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story moves through a first-grade classroom on a day nobody forgot, and a long stretch of bad dates arranged by her best friend Mel. It follows Jane into steno school and then into the courtroom, where she records every word spoken in front of Judge Ambrose. It carries her through the morning of September 11, 2001, as it was recorded in a Brooklyn courtroom, and the evenings in spring 2020 when Park Slope came out on its stoops to bang pots for the nurses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the back is a timeline of 1957, a list of famous people born that year, and a look at what the year means in other cultures. A blank gift page at the front leaves room for your own note, which makes this a natural birthday or milestone gift for a wife, sister, mother, or friend born in 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NostalgiaGift","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":49007989555361,"sku":"BI-1957-PDF","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":49007989588129,"sku":"BI-1957-SOFT","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49007989620897,"sku":"BI-1957-HARD","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/nostalgiagift.com\/products\/born-in-1957","provider":"Nostalgia Gift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}