{"product_id":"the-pat-boone-fan-club-9780803264854","title":"The Pat Boone Fan Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow Sue William Silverman, a one-woman cultural mash-up, on her exploration of identity among the mishmash of American idols and ideals that confuse most of us - or should. This searching, bracing, hilarious and moving book tries to make sense of that most troubling American condition: belonging, but to what?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterly stylist continues her uncompromising examination of the inner life.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Silverman’s language is, by turns, blunt, wrenching, sophisticated, lyrical, tender, hilarious. She writes with wicked dark humor, splendid intelligence, wry wit, and honest confrontation. There’s no other book quite like it.”—Lee Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Our House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Although many of the topics and themes in these essays are somber and sincere, Silverman’s ever-present humor sets a self-deprecating tone. . . . Readers will relate to these stories, for while they’re directly about this writer’s spiritual journey, they’re also about the universal feeling that one doesn’t quite belong, and the fact that Silverman has survived, recovered, and discovered her true self gives hope to the rest of us.” —newpages.com\u003cbr\u003e“Silverman’s writing is very alive. As a reader you feel immersed in her world, not just seeing it but feeling, tasting and smelling it.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with warmhearted humor and profound compassion, this tour de force exploration of the search for identity is a joy to behold.”—Kaylie Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eLies My Mother Never Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Silverman is the Tennessee Williams of memoir.”—Robert Vivian, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Least Cricket of Evening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments                                 Dear Gent[i]le Reader                     The Pat Boone Fan Club                         The Wandering Jew                                 The Mercurialist                                       Gentle Reader                              The Endless Possibilities of Youth              Swimming Like a Gefilte Fish                    For Jews Only                                                That Summer of War and Apricots             The Invisible Synagogue                        Concerning Cardboard Ghosts, Rosaries, and the Thingness of Things   Prepositioning John Travolta                      Gentle Reader                                 Galveston Island Breakdown: Some Directions     Gentle Reader                                   The Fireproof Librarian                               Fahrvergnügen: A Road Trip through a Marriage    Almond Butter in the Ruints                         I Was a Prisoner on the Satellite of Love (Featuring Crow T. Robot, Star, Mystery Science Theater 3000) 000See the Difference                                          The New Pat Boone Show                             My Sorted Past                                               Gentle Reader                                   An Argument for the Existence of Free Will and\/or Pat Boone’s Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Encore                                                            ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405267870039,"sku":"9780803264854","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803264854.jpg?v=1730489358","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pat-boone-fan-club-9780803264854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}