{"product_id":"9780385338653","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Sting","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46729096954068,"sku":"9780385338653","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ef687e86-1589-4333-8161-84718b83b1d7.jpg?v=1755274688","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780385338653","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}