{"product_id":"book-e5rj","title":"Walking with Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eA highly anticipated memoir by Gabriel Byrne, the award-winning star of over 80 films, \u003cem\u003eWalking with Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisite portrait of an Irish childhood and a remarkable journey to Hollywood and Broadway success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled and he quickly returned to his native city. There he took odd jobs as a messenger boy and a factory laborer to get by. In his spare time, he visited the cinema where he could be alone and yet part of a crowd. It was here that he could begin to imagine a life beyond the grey world of 60s Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe reveled in the theatre and poetry of Dublin's streets, populated by characters as eccentric and remarkable as any in fiction, those who spin a yarn with acuity and wit. It was a friend who suggested Byrne join an amateur drama group, a decision that would change his life forever and launch him on an extraordinary forty-year career in film and theatre. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking with Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49368017928496,"sku":"BDe5rj","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49368018026800,"sku":"ZEe5rj","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49368017994032,"sku":"ZMe5rj","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e5rj-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782415361","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e5rj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}