{"product_id":"uncle-joes-muse-9781948598545","title":"Uncle Joe's Muse","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A book of big heart, broad comedy, a clever wild ride and a damn good read.\"-Kim Taylor Blakemore, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Alice Fell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Companion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Micah Thorp seamlessly weaves the past into present to explore the meaning of fatherhood and, just maybe, the meaning of life itself.\"-Jacqueline Vick, author of The Harlow Brothers Mysteries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA down-and-out band, a girl searching for her father, and Jerry's guitar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe members of Uncle Joe's Band have spent years playing any venue that will pay for their unintelligible metal band performances while their rock and roll lifestyle has left them with bad livers, multiple divorces, and living in a squalid house in Vallejo, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen one morning everything changes when an assertive twelve-year-old girl named Allison appears on their front porch and announces that she has been sent to stay with her father for the summer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, years ago, the band's namesake and inspiration, Uncle Joe, takes \u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003elong strange trip\u003c\/i\u003e as a vagabond hippie through the '60s, '70s, and '80s that includes brushes with Ken Kesey's bus, Watergate, the Pet Rock, Iran Contra, and Jerry Garcia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by their experience with Allison and their budding paternal instincts, recollections of Uncle Joe, and a well-played Stratocaster with the initials \"JG\", the members of Uncle Joe's Band begin to play a new tune in a major key.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Books Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497012924690,"sku":"9781948598545","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15ac3249-9dc9-41b1-85f7-98fab306a427.jpg?v=1730705128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/uncle-joes-muse-9781948598545","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}