{"product_id":"the-heros-body-william-giraldi-9781631492938","title":"The Hero's Body: A Memoir","description":"At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever altered the young Giraldi and devastated his family, provides the pulse for \u003cem\u003eThe Hero's Body\u003c\/em\u003e. In the tradition of Andre Dubus III's \u003cem\u003eTownie\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a deep-seeing investigation into two generations of men from the working-class town of Manville, New Jersey, including Giraldi's own forays into obsessive bodybuilding as a teenager desperate to be worthy of his family's pitiless, exacting codes of manhood. Lauded by \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e for his \"unrelenting, perfectly paced prose,\" Giraldi writes here with daring, searing honesty about the fragility and might of the American male. An unflinching memoir of luminous sorrow, a son's tale of a lost father and the ancient family strictures of extreme masculinity, \u003cem\u003eThe Hero's Body\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of lasting beauty by one of our most fearless writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Giraldi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631492934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631492938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"William Giraldi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078177878271,"sku":"9781631492938","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3790e2c-3f4f-4c49-8a6c-63884da8d36f.jpg?v=1685473985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heros-body-william-giraldi-9781631492938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}