{"product_id":"9781593761257","title":"Germs: A Memoir of Childhood","description":"\u003cbr\u003eRichard Wollheim grew up lonely and sad in London's wealthy suburbs during the 1920s and 1930s, yet his was a childhood more interesting than most. He had an impresario father and a “Gaiety Girl” mother; together they attracted important guests (Diaghilev, Kurt Weill, Serge Lifar) to the grand houses and hotels that punctuated the landscape of Wollheim's early years. \u003ci\u003eGerms\u003c\/i\u003e is his account of that time, of the years he spent adoring his charming but distant father; of his regret for loathing his beautiful, mindless mother. Told in prose that with hypnotic ease moves from deadpan comedy to poignant loneliness, \u003ci\u003eGerms\u003c\/i\u003e is already a classic work of memoir.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061049278704,"sku":"9781593761257","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593761257_p0.jpg?v=1763813753","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593761257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}