{"product_id":"book-gdsp","title":"The Farewell Tour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUDIOBOOK FEATURES EXCERPTS FROM FOUR ORIGINAL SONGS WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eEverybody Rise\u003c\/em\u003e, a rich and riveting novel with the exquisite historical detail and evocative settings of \u003cem\u003eThe Cold Millions \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGreat Circle \u003c\/em\u003ethat tells the story of one unforgettable woman's rise in country and western music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow of a packed house before she makes the last, and most important, stop on the tour: the farm she left behind at age ten and the sister she is finally ready to confront about an agonizing betrayal in their childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the novel crisscrosses eras, moving between Lillian's youth-the Depression, the Second World War, the rise of Nashville-and her middle-aged life in 1980, we see her striving to build a career in the male-dominated world of country music, including the hard choices she makes as she tries to redefine music, love, aging, and womanhood on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearing her final tour stop, Lil is forced to confront those choices and how they shaped her life. Would a different version of herself have found the happiness and success that has eluded her? When she reaches her Washington hometown for her very last show, though, she'll undergo a reckoning with the past that forces her to reconsider her entire life story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring one unforgettable woman's creativity, ambition, and sacrifices in a world-and an art form-made for men, \u003cem\u003eThe Farewell Tour \u003c\/em\u003easks us to consider how much of our past we can ever leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49342377623856,"sku":"BDgdsp","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49342377656624,"sku":"ZEgdsp","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49342377754928,"sku":"ZMgdsp","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gdsp-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776506740","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gdsp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}