{"product_id":"the-organist-9780889777613","title":"The Organist","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarry Abley was a nightmare of a father: depressive, self-absorbed, unpredictable, emotionally unstable. He was also a dream of a father: gentle, courageous, artistically gifted. Mark Abley, his only child, grew up in the shadow of music and mental illness. How he came to terms with this divided legacy, and how he learned to be a man in the absence of a traditional masculine role model, are central to this beautifully written memoir. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This extraordinary story will speak to all those who love music, who struggle with depression, or who wrestle with the difficult bonds of love between a parent and a child. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Organist:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A wise and haunting book.\" —Martha Baillie, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Heinrich Schlögel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Organist\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and wonderful book, a deeply insightful and moving story of a family’s journey through the 20th century….Abley’s tale is fearless in its revelations, yet also loving, funny, and beautifully told.” —Ronald Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eA Scientific Romance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Progress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “'What does a life add up to?' This question is central to Mark Abley’s haunting family memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Organist.\u003c\/i\u003e Both expansive in the themes it raises and intimate in details required to bring those themes to life, it’s a question that draws on Abley’s talents as a remarkably clear and thoughtful writer. In \u003ci\u003eThe Organist,\u003c\/i\u003e he ventures bravely into territory that is, for almost everyone, mysterious: what our parents were like before we, their children, became (so we like to imagine) central to their lives. What this compelling book makes clear is that what we don’t know about them is often what we don’t know about ourselves.\" —David Macfarlane, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Danger Tree\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Beautiful, tender, and raging, \u003ci\u003eThe Organist\u003c\/i\u003e comes from where the best writing usually does—deep emotion affirmed by hard-won experience of how humans are in their relationships, and in their own hearts. It has taken Mark Abley nearly a lifetime to produce the book of his life. Not a moment too late, or too soon” —Charles Foran, author of \u003ci\u003eMordecai: The Life \u0026amp; Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Abley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48940869222651,"sku":"9780889777613","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b0c7c135-5d65-44c9-a85e-27732bed137b.jpg?v=1780546337","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-organist-9780889777613","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}