{"product_id":"9780307740977","title":"Chinaberry Sidewalks","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a tender and uproarious memoir, singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of a dirt-poor southeast Texas boyhood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe only child of a hard-drinking father and a holy-roller mother, acclaimed musician Rodney Crowell was no stranger to bombast. But despite a home life always threatening to burst into violence, Rodney fiercely loved his mother and idolized his blustering father, a frustrated musician who took him to see Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash perform. Set in 1950s Houston, a frontier-rough town with icehouses selling beer by the gallon on payday, pest infestations right out of a horror film, and the kind of freedom mischievous kids dream of, \u003ci\u003eChinaberry Sidewalks\u003c\/i\u003e is Rodney's tribute to his parents and his remarkable youth.  Full of the most satisfying kind of nostalgia, it is hardly recognizable as a celebrity memoir.  Rather, it's a story of coming-of-age at a particular time, place, and station, crafted as well as the perfect song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019576951024,"sku":"9780307740977","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307740977_p0.jpg?v=1763673296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307740977","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}