{"product_id":"9780316571708","title":"Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s \u003ci\u003eI Am a Camera\u003c\/i\u003e and Truman Capote’s \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs Bark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting on the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations influenced both his love of music and his initial desire to become a painter. Stories of his loving and sometimes eccentric parents complement scenes depicting a very young Bob Dylan as he arrived on the Greenwich Village folk scene. Reflections on Wolf’s studies in Boston—where he shared an apartment with David Lynch—are braided with accounts of first love, an untraditional literary education, and early musical influences such as Muddy Waters.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e After Wolf joined the J. Geils Band as their front man and his musical fame grew, he rubbed shoulders with other notables who left significant impressions on him, including members of the Rolling Stones, Sly Stone, Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, and Van Morrison. Wolf’s marriage to Faye Dunaway is presented in a clear yet balanced and nuanced light.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told with gentle humor and often heart-rending poignancy, the word portraits in \u003ci\u003eWaiting on the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e provide a revealing glimpse of artists, writers, actors, and musicians as they work—the creative forces that drive them to achievement; the demons they battle; the patterns of their human relationships. They are meant to inspire not only empathy but also admiration. Like Isherwood, Wolf remains “a camera with its shutter open.”\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369864400957,"sku":"9780316571708","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780316571708_p0.jpg?v=1771585573","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780316571708","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}