{"product_id":"9781456851729","title":"For Crying Out Loud: A Memoir","description":"For Crying Out Loud is a bracing memoir by Richard Harsham, veteran   \u003cbr\u003efreelance writer who is, also, a noted essayist, and a playwright with   \u003cbr\u003esome twenty stage plays to his credit. For Crying Out Loud embarks on   \u003cbr\u003ean exploration of the personal past with verve and finesse. By turns   \u003cbr\u003eunflingchingly candid and riveting, Harsham's telling devoid of   \u003cbr\u003eself-pity, with lyrical recall at the ready, he successfully skirts   \u003cbr\u003ethe pitfalls of sentimentally and the self-congratulatory clicking   \u003cbr\u003ethat many memoirs are heir to. Partial to William Faulkner's   \u003cbr\u003eobservation (\"The past is never dead. It's not even past.\"), Harsham   \u003cbr\u003etakes as his guiding precept the notion that attention must be paid   \u003cbr\u003epointing to the biblical injunction--\"This, too, shall pass\"--he is   \u003cbr\u003eforever aware that only through Memory do we retrieve what would   \u003cbr\u003eotherwise be lost to the mists of time.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Noteworthy, Mr. Harsham writes very well and has something to   \u003cbr\u003esay--two conditions not often found these daysin the publishing   \u003cbr\u003eworld.\"  \u003cbr\u003e-- Russell Baker (Pulitzer Prize for Growing Up and The Good Times.)   \u003cbr\u003eCommenting on Harsham's Rude Awakenings from the American Dream.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143531348208,"sku":"9781456851729","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456851729_p0.jpg?v=1763864539","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456851729","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}