{"product_id":"broken-music","title":"Broken Music","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sting's gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when \u003ci\u003eBroken Music\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock \u0026amp; roller, it reads like literature from a more rarified time when adults didn't condescend to the vulgarities of pop culture.\" --\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwriting I had ever done. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And so \u003ci\u003eBroken Music\u003c\/i\u003e began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to the eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that's ever happened to me. Instead I found myself drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people and relationships, and particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, and the man I became.","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48855991976141,"sku":"9780385338653","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_91bddf45-57fe-4683-a29a-d6b002dac59f.jpg?v=1794509694","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/broken-music","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}