{"product_id":"the-trade-off-9781662516467","title":"The Trade Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and ambitious young woman strives to find her place amid the promise and tumult of 1920s Wall Street in a captivating historical novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lobotomist's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market's stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she's determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the 1920s, in a Lower East Side tenement, opportunities for women don't just come knocking. Bea will have to create them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's easier for her golden-boy twin brother, Jake, who longs to reclaim all their parents lost after fleeing the pogroms in Russia to come to America. Well intentioned but undisciplined, Jake has a charm that can carry him only so far on Wall Street. So Bea devises a plan. They'll be a secret team, and she'll be the brains behind the broker. As Jake's reputation, his heedless ego, and the family fortune soar, Bea foresees catastrophe: an impending crash that could destroy everything if she doesn't finally take control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the true story of a pioneering investment legend, \u003ci\u003eThe Trade Off\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful novel about identity, sacrifice, family loyalties, and the complex morality of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Greene Woodruff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662516467","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44148469760045,"sku":"9781662516467","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_87189378-8795-4a93-8ea1-4b6deabe33b9.jpg?v=1757224732","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-trade-off-9781662516467","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}