{"product_id":"sting-broken-music","title":"Sting, broken music","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarge hardcover, dust cover has some light wear, sides starting to yellow - see photos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEMOIR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003eAnd so Broken Music 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\u003eI 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belle's Books Online Secondhand Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634281087256,"sku":"U026","price":45.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/7574\/9656\/files\/Sting_brokenmusic.png?v=1770568384","url":"https:\/\/bellesbookssa.com\/products\/sting-broken-music","provider":"Belle's Books Online Secondhand Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}