{"product_id":"hanging-off-the-edge-priscilla-mclean-9780595675272","title":"Hanging Off the Edge ---: Revelations of a Modern Troubadour","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe next morning in Alpena, Michigan, lying exhausted in bed in yet another strange (but oh so familiar) motel room, I think about my life-our lives, Bart's and mine. Touring from town to town-no health insurance, no steady jobs, no children, no insurance of any kind against the dark forces in the world. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanging Off the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary journey into the mind and life of one of America's most creative women, Priscilla McLean. McLean shares her precarious cliff-edge existence as a classical avant-garde troubadour and the day-by-day tour of the world through Europe, Asia, and Australia. She also writes of her touching story, from growing up in a middle-class family fallen on hard times during World War II to her seemingly settled life as a college professor's wife. McLean's quotes from her extensive journals, kept over a twenty-five-year span of time, give an immediacy and poignancy to \u003ci\u003eHanging Off the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMingled with these memories are original short poems, philosophical thoughts on the artist's life, and a whole section where McLean explores how, over the span of thirty-five years, thirteen special musical creations were born and placed before the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Priscilla McLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595675271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595675272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Priscilla McLean","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153078333695,"sku":"9780595675272","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_574617a0-e02d-4052-9da3-fa985624affb.jpg?v=1770781136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hanging-off-the-edge-priscilla-mclean-9780595675272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}