{"product_id":"this-river-9781582437217","title":"This River","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Continues where Brown's first memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, left off. It's molten stuff, the story of his efforts to control his river of rage.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Award-winning author James Brown gained a cult following after chronicling his turbulent childhood and spiraling drug addiction in \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThis River\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where Brown left off in his first memoir, describing his tenuous relationship with sobriety, telling of agonizing relapses, and tracking his attempts to become a better father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the heartbreaking and at times uplifting tale of Brown's battles, peeking into his former life as an addict and detailing his subsequent ascent to sobriety and fight for redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A beautifully crafted and intensely moving book. Without artifice or pretension--without false moves of any sort--James Brown goes after the biggest literary game: death, love, children, degeneration, hopelessness, hope. I read this book straight through, in one spellbound sitting, and I will read it again in a week or two. It is so good.\" --Tim O'Brien, National Book Award winning-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautifully written, this is clear-eyed truth-telling by a man coming to terms with the best and worst in himself and others.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThis River\u003c\/i\u003e pulls no punches--art shouldn't and Brown doesn't. The good, the bad, the ugly are all there in a lucid, uncluttered, muscular prose studded with honesty, willpower, and courage. Brown's is a story of a man who, against overwhelming odds, not only came back from the abyss, but triumphed.\" --Duff Brenna, author of AWP Best Novel \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mamie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582437217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2011 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284221096117,"sku":"9781582437217","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_70a8c017-2cd7-4518-a80b-e8798af14ebe.jpg?v=1771990237","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-river-9781582437217","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}