{"product_id":"greetings-from-bury-park-sarfraz-manzoor-9780307388025","title":"Greetings from Bury Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, \"Blinded by the Light\" T\u003cb\u003ehe acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen's music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. Sarfraz spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. From the age of sixteen on, after the moment he heard the harmonica and opening lines to \"The River,\" Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Bury Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarfraz Manzoor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307388026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307388025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2008 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/28\/2008 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2008 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 45","brand":"Sarfraz Manzoor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051575472383,"sku":"9780307388025","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac4fb494-405e-4515-b36a-90424655d9d0.jpg?v=1685013901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greetings-from-bury-park-sarfraz-manzoor-9780307388025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}