{"product_id":"the-acts-of-life-9780938626701","title":"The Acts of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE ACTS OF LIFE (Tom T. Halls Tales) Tom T. Hall writes about life out of rich  personal experience and the kind of observation that sees to the bone. The characters who walk the landscapes of his imagination and his memory are drawn with sensitivity  humor  irony  and deep understanding. Some remind us of people we knowa sister writing letters to her brother in the service; a traveler in a small hotel cafe  waiting out a winter storm; a landladys lonely daughter. Othersthe young men trying to hire a new town whore; the cellmates playing a card game called Mexican Sweat  may remind us of nobody we have known  but we are not likely to forget them. The details of these deceptively simple stories take on the importance of details in our own world. It matters that the day Jimmy killed the rabbit there were no TV sets in rural southern Missouri  that Wet Stump knew how to tie a monolament line to a short shank shhook so it would stay  that Hank hugged his guitar while he slept. - From Hank in Nashville : Dear Ralph  old Hank here  this is a Monday. l got to Nashville okay. God  what a town. I had trouble getting my guitar on the bus. They wanted to put it down in the bin with the luggage. I slept with the neck down between my legs and hugged the body in my arms. So far l aint seen nothing but T-shirts and stuff with Music City on them. I found out theres a lot goes on here besides music. I rode beside a big black lady who had a bag of apples. Apples can make you homesick mighty quick. It smelled just like Ohio in the fall. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275764129845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0938626701","price":241.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780938626701.jpg?v=1780513738","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-acts-of-life-9780938626701","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}