{"product_id":"parcel-arrived-safely-tied-with-string-9780712684408","title":"Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow for the first time Michael Crawford tells his life story. By turns hilarious  revelatory and desperately sad  here is the autobiography of the man whose successes  such as Hello Dolly  Some Mothers Do Ave Em  and The Phantom of the Opera  have made him a national institution. Crawfords infectious enjoyment of stage work illumines his account of his early struggles to make a name for himself in the business  and his early failures with girls are lifted by his abiding sense of the absurd. Both in his private life and his work  he begins a lifetimes habit of pratfalls that he would later turn to good use in the character of Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em. His talent for mimicry makes the great personalities in his life come alive on the page  not only the Dickensian characters of his childhood but also many of the people he has worked with  including Benjamin Britten who taught him to sing  John Lennon - with whom he shared a villa - and Oliver Reed  Michael Winner  Barbra Streisand  Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646942109749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0712684409","price":33.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780712684408.jpg?v=1781682615","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/parcel-arrived-safely-tied-with-string-9780712684408","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}