{"product_id":"try-to-tell-the-story-david-thomson-9780307473172","title":"Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir","description":"David Thomson, one of our most celebrated film writers, gives us a haunting, fascinating memoir about growing up as an only child in wartime England. He was born in London in the aftermath of the war, where he was raised by his mother, grandmother, and upstairs tenant, Miss Davis. He remembers how his grandmother brought him to a street corner to see Churchill and how the bombed-out houses that still smelled of smoke became his playground. We see Thomson attempt to overcome his profound sadness at being abandonded by his cold and distant father by finding solace in the cinema houses. Movies became his great escape, and the worlds revealed in \u003ci\u003eRed River, The Third Man, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e helped to alleviate his loneliness and bolster his rich imaginative life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307473171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307473172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.38w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2010 pg. 20","brand":"David Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47243972542719,"sku":"9780307473172","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ee3c168-07aa-4593-b75d-6752555032f9.jpg?v=1758134622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/try-to-tell-the-story-david-thomson-9780307473172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}