{"product_id":"9781780381299","title":"Blondie: Parallel Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon extensive new first hand interview material from Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and many other significant players in the band’s long history and a huge archive of personal materials and unpublished interviews, \u003ci\u003eBlondie: Parallel Lines \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive eye-witness account of the group’s long and often tumultuous existence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the band members' childhoods, backgrounds and influences, the book is also an evocative homage to the unique New York scene of the 1970s. It charts the development of Blondie to their massive popular success and eventual break up.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt also details how Debbie Harry set her career aside to nurse Chris through a debilitating and life-threatening genetic disease.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt recounts the group’s 1997 reformation, subsequent renaissance with their \u003ci\u003eNo Exit \u003c\/i\u003ealbum, the controversies surrounding the 2006 induction to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, ending in the present with the release of \u003ci\u003ePanic of Girls\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCo-author Kris Needs established a friendship with Harry, Stein and the rest of the band that endures to this day. As a trusted confidante, he now recounts the full story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnibus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038863540464,"sku":"9781780381299","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780381299_p0.jpg?v=1763712333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780381299","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}