{"product_id":"9780316247740","title":"Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay  of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family,  race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are  revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by  the family history that precedes her. \u003cbr\u003eSorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she  finds more than she bargained for: \"deceit and scandal, alcohol,  domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved  and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of  money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even  bloody murder.\" \u003cbr\u003eIn lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a  totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning  drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her  own life.","brand":"Little, Brown \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125147058416,"sku":"9780316247740","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316247740_p0.jpg?v=1769889281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316247740","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}