{"product_id":"soundtrack-michael-v-smith-9781771669498","title":"Soundtrack: A Lyric Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs a song enough\u003cbr\u003eto hold all the truths we cannot bear\u003cbr\u003ewithout it? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning writer Michael V. Smith comes a poetic memoir about growing up gay in the shadow of AIDS. Embodying an elusive part of queer history, these song and album-inspired pieces capture the last three decades of the millenium and reveal how music has an uncanny ability to remind us not just where we were at a given moment in time but \u003ci\u003ewho\u003c\/i\u003e we were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature humour and tenderness, and guided by the music of the era, Smith catalogues social prejudices, court rulings, and medical breakthroughs, alongside personal devastations, triumphs, and the search for community. From a first crush toting a Michael Jackson \u003ci\u003eThriller \u003c\/i\u003ecassette, to falling in love to the music of Jane Siberry, to dancing at a gay bar to \"Groove is in the Heart,\" \u003ci\u003eSoundtrack \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving personal record of a man who survived the lost generation and a vital document of queer joy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael V. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771669497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771669498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Michael V. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670657814783,"sku":"9781771669498","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_317fefea-83e1-44ad-b50a-e18da4ae3c72.jpg?v=1741317065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soundtrack-michael-v-smith-9781771669498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}