{"product_id":"the-music-room-paperback","title":"The Music Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis McFarland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis McFarland's acclaimed debut novel, hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a rare pleasure . . . Remarkable from its beginning to its surprising, satisfying end\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusician Marty Lambert's life is already falling apart when he receives the phone call that changes everything. His brother, Perry, has killed himself in New York, and Marty--with his marriage on the rocks and his record company sliding into insolvency--decides to leave San Francisco to investigate exactly what went wrong. His trip sends him headlong into the life his only brother left behind--his pleasures and disappointments, his friends, his lovely girlfriend, Jane--and finally, to the home they shared growing up in Virginia. Along the way, through memories and dreams, Marty relives their complicated upbringing as the children of talented, volatile musicians and alcoholics. Through the tragedy, Marty finally faces the demons of his past, ones he pretended he had buried long ago, to emerge on the other side of grief, toward solace and a more hopeful future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis McFarland is a bestselling author of novels and stories. His short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrize Stories: The O. Henry Awards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, where he has also taught creative writing. He lives in rural Vermont with his wife, writer and poet Michelle Blake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716782624831,"sku":"9781504074155","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d00d980677597dd0edf846222095abee.webp?v=1765076171","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-music-room-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}