{"product_id":"book-k8ta","title":"Songs for Other People's Weddings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe wedding singer has something to say …\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eJ is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike most wedding singers, he writes an original song for every couple-his way of finding out about the small, strange things that brought them together and the hopeful, vulnerable feelings they're experiencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eJ's own love life is in a state of flux. His girlfriend is off to New York for work, and as her life grows bigger and busier without him in it, he finds it harder to stick to a happy tune. He doesn't know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples or warn them. When complications hit and love is tested, is there any way to sing through all the noise?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eCombining David Levithan's deeply observant storytelling and Jens Lekman's inventive and touching original songs, \u003cem\u003eSongs for Other People's Weddings\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender, honest novel that tracks love through all its chord changes, never forgetting that the best songs contain the bitter and the sweet, the despair of losing it all and the euphoria of being found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The very best prose has a certain lyricism, so perhaps the pairing of a novelist and a songwriter seems obvious. The love story they create, however, is anything but. It's surprising, funny, compassionate-it's not just lyrical; it sings.\"\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Rowley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Celebrants and The Guncle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis audiobook includes original music written and performed by Jens Lekman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50022527009072,"sku":"BDk8ta","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50578590990640,"sku":"ZEk8ta","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50578591023408,"sku":"ZMk8ta","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/k8ta-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770089506","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k8ta","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}