{"product_id":"thirty-rooms-to-hide-in-insanity-addiction-and-rock-n-roll-in-the-shadow-of-the-mayo-clinic-paperback-softback-9780816679713","title":"Thirty Rooms to Hide in; Insanity, Addiction, and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816679713","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThirty Rooms to Hide in\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInsanity, Addiction, and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuke Longstreet Sullivan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816679713\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 58\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.478 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for proof that the Great American Family Drama is alive and kicking, here it is. Luke Longstreet Sullivan’s heart wrenching, poignant, and often hilarious family history is laid bare like a shattered bottle of bourbon. I wish more memoirs took the chances this one does. And reached such heights. This is a bravura work.\u003cb\u003e-Peter Geye, author of \u003cem\u003eSafe from the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Luke Longstreet Sullivan has a simple way of describing his new memoir: “It’s like \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e . . . only funnier.” \u003cem\u003eThirty Rooms to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eIn\u003c\/em\u003e tells the astonishing story of Sullivan’s father and his descent from one of the world’s top orthopedic surgeons at the Mayo Clinic to a man who is increasingly abusive, alcoholic, and insane, ultimately dying alone on the floor of a Georgia motel room. For his wife and six sons, the years prior to his death were characterized by turmoil, anger, and family dysfunction; but somehow they were also a time of real happiness for Sullivan and his brothers, full of dark humor and much laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the 1950s and 1960s, the six brothers had a wildly fun and thoroughly dysfunctional childhood living in a forbidding thirty-room mansion, known as the Millstone, on the outskirts of Rochester, Minnesota. The many rooms of the immense home, as well as their mother’s loving protection, allowed the Sullivan brothers to grow up as normal, mischievous boys. Against a backdrop of the times-the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, fallout shelters, JFK’s assassination, and the Beatles-the cracks in their home life and their father’s psyche continue to widen. When their mother decides to leave the Millstone and move the family across town, the Sullivan boys are able to find solace in each other and in rock ’n’ roll. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cem\u003eThirty Rooms to Hide\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eIn\u003c\/em\u003e follows the story of the Sullivan family-at times grim, at others poignant-a wonderful, dark humor lifts the narrative. Tragic, funny, and powerfully evocative of the 1950s and 1960s, \u003cem\u003eThirty Rooms to Hide In\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of public success and private dysfunction, personal and familial resilience, and the strange power of humor to give refuge when it is needed most, even if it can’t always provide the answers.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFuneral\u003cb\u003eThe Millstone\u003cb\u003eSkeletons in the Closet\u003cb\u003eBone Doctors\u003cb\u003eGrandma Rock Sentences Everyone to Hell\u003cb\u003eLittle Christians, All in a Row\u003cb\u003eLittle Monsters in Every Room\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: Throwing Up\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eA Library of Her Own\u003cb\u003eForts, Death, and Bedtime\u003cb\u003eCold War\u003cb\u003eFive O’clock Shadow\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eHead X-Ray: Roger in 1957\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eShit Gathers in General Area of Fan\u003cb\u003eCyclops and the Fallout Shelter\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: Dad Helps with Homework\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eHidden Books, Hidden Letters\u003cb\u003eEleven Twenty-two\u003cb\u003eFun at the Foot of the Volcano\u003cb\u003eRat Helicopters\u003cb\u003eCause of Death: Unknown\u003cb\u003eThe Pagans\u003cb\u003e“Spats with the Wife”\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: I Am “Suave Ghost”\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Alcoholic’s Guide to Ruining Evenings\u003cb\u003eSnowballs Somehow Made in Hell\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: I Am “Little Brother Man”\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLeaving the Millstone\u003cb\u003e“We’ve Always Lived in This Castle”\u003cb\u003eHaunted House\u003cb\u003eCeiling Tiles over a Psychiatrist’s Couch\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: I Am “Quiet Man”\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThings That Were Scarier Than Dad\u003cb\u003eBaba Yaga\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: I Am the Fifth Beatle\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eHiding in the Bathroom from Bullets\u003cb\u003eHiding in the Tower Library\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemory: I Am the Incredible Hulk\u003cb\u003eMemory: I Am “Lonely Guy”\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ePagan Rites\u003cb\u003eEye of the Hurricane\u003cb\u003eNo Help from God\u003cb\u003eCase #34233\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaydream: I Am “the Bullshit Police”\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“Our Drummer Committed Suicide”\u003cb\u003eOne Last Good Christmas\u003cb\u003eTiny Details in Family Pictures\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaydream: I Save Dad\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eGoodnight, Irene\u003cb\u003eWhiteout\/Blackout\u003cb\u003eMeltdown in West Palm Beach\u003cb\u003e“Do I Owe You Any Money?”\u003cb\u003eThe Famous Final Scene\u003cb\u003eZee Tortured Arteest\u003cb\u003ePhone Calls from the Dead\u003cb\u003eThe Mortal Coil\u003cb\u003eRoom 50 \u003cb\u003eThe Irish Flu\u003cb\u003eSunday, July 3, 1966\u003cb\u003ePagans in the Temple\u003cb\u003eOne Last Look\u003cb\u003eSunlight Streams through a High Window\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Believe in God Briefly\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Big Bad World\u003cb\u003eTake a Sad Song and Make It Better\u003cb\u003eThis Very Room\u003cb\u003e“And Every Winter Change to Spring”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cb\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570079822104,"sku":"9780816679713","price":14.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thirty-rooms-to-hide-in-insanity-addiction-and-rock-n-roll-in-the-shadow-of-the-mayo-clinic-paperback-softback-9780816679713","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}