{"product_id":"2940170544097","title":"Out of Line: A Life of Playing with Fire","description":"Celebrated chef Barbara Lynch credits the defiant spirit of her upbringing in tough, poor \"Southie,\" a neighborhood ruled by the notorious Whitey Bulger gang, with helping her bluff her way into her first professional cooking jobs; develop a distinct culinary style through instinct and sheer moxie; then dare to found an empire of restaurants ranging from a casual but elegant \"clam shack\" to Boston's epitome of modern haute cuisine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of seven children born to an overworked single mother, Lynch was raised in a housing project. She earned a daredevil reputation for boosting vehicles (even a city bus), petty theft, drinking and doing drugs, and narrowly escaping arrestamp;mdash;haunted all the while by a painful buried trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Line\u003c\/i\u003e describes Lynch's remarkable process of self-invention, including her encounters with colorful characters of the food world, and vividly evokes the magic of creation in the kitchen. It is also a love letter to South Boston and its vanishing culture, governed by Irish Catholic mothers and its own code of honor. Through her story, Lynch explores how the pastamp;mdash;both what we strive to escape from and what we remain true toamp;mdash;can strengthen and expand who we are.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115465326832,"sku":"2940170544097","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170544097_p0.jpg?v=1763712014","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170544097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}