{"product_id":"chinaberry-sidewalks-rodney-crowell-9780307740977","title":"Chinaberry Sidewalks: A Memoir","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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney Crowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307740978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307740977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.08w x 0.57d","brand":"Rodney Crowell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990129869055,"sku":"9780307740977","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_716c2f46-52d3-4b73-b27b-22850b6dbcc4.jpg?v=1683303167","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinaberry-sidewalks-rodney-crowell-9780307740977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}