{"product_id":"brat-an-80s-story-paperback","title":"Brat: An '80s Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of Patti Smith's \u003ci\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/i\u003e and Rob Lowe's \u003ci\u003eStories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Only Tell My Friends\u003c\/i\u003e will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an 80s Brat pack member, now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in \u003ci\u003ePretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLess than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir \u003ci\u003eBrat: An '80s Story\u003c\/i\u003e, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eBrat \u003c\/i\u003eis a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince starring in the movies he recounts throughout \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAndrew McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e has become a director, an award-winning travel writer, and a bestselling author. He has directed more than eighty hours of television, including \u003ci\u003eOrange in the New Black, The Blacklist, Gossip Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e and many others. For a dozen years he served as editor at large at \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler, \u003c\/i\u003e and his award-winning travel writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the author a travel memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and a young-adult novel, \u003ci\u003eJust Fly Away\u003c\/i\u003e--both \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759448391968,"sku":"9781538754290","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5bd230aa5fd31710bc12bb45764947a2.webp?v=1780153002","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/brat-an-80s-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}