{"product_id":"daughter-of-a-song-a-memoir-paperback-1","title":"Daughter of a Song: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in a Dust Bowl dugout on the hard, flat plains\u003cbr\u003eoutside Lubbock, Texas, Sonny Curtis picked cotton as a kid, formed a band with\u003cbr\u003ehis high school friend Buddy Holly, and opened shows for Elvis--and that was\u003cbr\u003ejust by the age of twenty-two. Now at the end of his long career, Curtis is\u003cbr\u003econsidered a rock 'n' roll trailblazer. He toured the world with the Crickets\u003cbr\u003eand with Waylon Jennings. He wrote the classic songs \"I Fought the Law,\" \"Love\u003cbr\u003eIs All Around\" (the theme song to \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e), and the country\u003cbr\u003estandard \"I'm No Stranger to the Rain.\" Curtis has left an impression on\u003cbr\u003eAmerican myth and music that has gone heretofore undocumented.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut to the author, Sonny was a loving if cryptic\u003cbr\u003efather as elusive as the spotlight itself. Part biography, part memoir, \u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003cbr\u003eof a Song\u003c\/i\u003e braids together an insider's perspective on an outsider's life.\u003cbr\u003eWith Sonny out on the road for long stretches, Sarah Curtis pieced his life and\u003cbr\u003elegacy together through research and recollection, following her father from\u003cbr\u003ethe 1950s birth of rock 'n' roll in West Texas to the 1960s Hollywood scene\u003cbr\u003ewhere Sonny met his wife, a Vietnam War protester and California hippie. The\u003cbr\u003etwo of them would leave Hollywood behind for the rural Tennessee cattle farm\u003cbr\u003ewhere they raised Sarah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith vivid storytelling, cultural commentary, lyrical\u003cbr\u003eprose, and a dose of humor, \u003ci\u003eDaughter of a Song\u003c\/i\u003e considers the\u003cbr\u003ecomplexities of fate and fame, the cultures we shape and the ones that shape\u003cbr\u003eus. It is the story of a man saved by art, and the daughter who must navigate\u003cbr\u003eto the center of his creativity to reckon with her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356554641593,"sku":"9781682832745","price":36.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/2vgR7yKFMc9781682832745_ed64916a-be89-4d75-ae45-ac480170c04a.webp?v=1780560323","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/daughter-of-a-song-a-memoir-paperback-1","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}