{"product_id":"songs-only-you-know-a-memoir","title":"Songs Only You Know: A Memoir","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSongs Only You Know: A Memoir\u003c\/h1\u003eSean Madigan Hoen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Soho Press\u003cbr\u003eApril 1 2014\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781616953362\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1616953365\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eDescribed by Darin Strauss as Nick Flynn meets Karl Ove Knausgard and a book of relentless compassion \u003ci\u003eSongs Only You Know\u003c\/i\u003e Sean Madigan Hoen s debut is an intense, sprawling memoir equal parts family tragedy and punk rock road trip.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs Only You Know\u003c\/i\u003ebegins in late 90s Detroit and spans a decade during which a family fights to hold together in the face of insurmountable odds. Sean s father cycles from rehab to binge, his heartsick sister spirals into depression, and his mother works to spare what can be spared. Meanwhile, Sean seeks salvation in a community of eccentrics and outsiders, making music\u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eonce referred to as an art-core mindfuck. But the closer Sean comes to realizing his musical dream, the further he drifts from his family and himself. \u003cbr\u003eBy turns heartbreaking and mordantly funny, \u003ci\u003eSongs Only You Know\u003c\/i\u003eis an artful, compassionate rendering of the chaos and misadventure of a young man s life. \u003cbr\u003e Few books convey the fever-pitch intensity of youth with such vividness and so little glamorization, or as deeply explore the heartbreaking complexity of family both those we're born into and the ones we choose. \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390916952109,"sku":"19480","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/songs-only-you-know-a-memoir","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}