{"product_id":"brother-sister-a-memoir","title":"Brother \u0026 Sister: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the beloved film star and bestselling author of Then Againa heartfelt memoir about Diane Keaton s relationship with her younger brother, and a poignant exploration of the divergent paths siblings  lives can take.When they were children in the suburbs of Los Angeles in the 1950s, Diane Keaton and her younger brother, Randy, were best friends and companions: they shared stories at night in their bunk beds; they swam, laughed, dressed up for Halloween. Their mother captured their Americandream childhoods in her diaries, and on camera. But as they grew up, Randy became troubled, then reclusive. By the time he reached adulthood, he was divorced, an alcoholic, a man who couldn t hold on to fulltime workhis life a world away from his sister s, and from the rest of their family.Now Diane is delving into the nuances of their shared, and separate, pasts to confront the difficult question of why and how Randy ended up living his life on  the other side of normal.  In beautiful and fearless prose that s intertwined with photographs, journal entries, letters, and poetrymany of them Randy s own writing and artthis insightful memoir contemplates the inner workings of a family, the ties that hold it together, and the special bond between siblings even when they are pulled far apart. Here is a story about love and responsibility: about how, when we choose to reach out to the people we feel closest toin moments of difficulty and losssurprising things can happen. A story with universal echoes, Brother \u0026amp; Sister speaks across generations to families whose lives have been touched by the fragility and  otherness  of loved onesand to brothers and sisters everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335798472949,"sku":"DADAX0451494504","price":24.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81Y9lqOqniL.jpg?v=1763992764","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/brother-sister-a-memoir","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}