{"product_id":"nothing-but-a-smile-paperback","title":"Nothing But a Smile - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his utterly charming story of a World War II veteran and an enterprising pinup girl, Steve Amick has created a beautifully understated love letter to an America of harder times and simpler choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1944, and Wink Dutton, a former illustrator for \u003ci\u003eYank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStars and Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e, arrives in Chicago after an injury to his drawing hand gets him discharged. Renting a room above the camera shop run by Sal Chesterton--the wife of Wink's buddy, still stationed in the Philippines--Wink is surprised to learn how Sal is making ends meet: producing pinup photos for the soldiers' girlie magazines. In fact, she's using herself as a model. When Wink becomes a partner in her covert enterprise, it's the beginning of a collaboration that is both wonderfully sexy and pure, one that not only leads to Wink's reinvention as a photographer but also--amid the painful adjustments of the postwar world--blossoms into a subtle and unexpected romance.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68302864449759,"sku":"9780307390196","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yxwmZWnOXa9780307390196.webp?v=1793011881","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/nothing-but-a-smile-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}