{"product_id":"rivington-was-ours-brendan-jay-sullivan-9780062125583","title":"Rivington Was Ours: Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eLady Gaga's old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan paints a vivid picture of the downtown scene from which she emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrendan Jay Sullivan was an up-and-coming DJ in New York City when he met Stefani Germanotta, then a struggling artist, in 2006. She was a go-go dancer who sewed her own outfits but had bigger ambitions--she wanted nothing less than to take over the music world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this intimate portrait of the budding star who would soon catapult to fame and fortune, the author describes afternoons sitting with Gaga on the floor of her bare Lower East Side apartment, drinking wine from pint glasses and plotting out the pop stardom that awaited her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with stories of love and heartbreak among Gaga and Sullivan and their circle of aspiring musicians and performers, and set against the vibrant backdrop of the downtown bars and parties of the mid-aughts, \u003cem\u003eRivington Was Ours\u003c\/em\u003e is both a love letter to New York and a glimpse behind the veil of one of the biggest musical icons of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan Jay Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062125583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062125583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e It Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2013 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2013 pg. 19","brand":"Brendan Jay Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990067904767,"sku":"9780062125583","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f755947-1773-4147-a9f2-5ddcabd4cff7.jpg?v=1683302818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rivington-was-ours-brendan-jay-sullivan-9780062125583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}