{"product_id":"hold-on-world-by-john-kruth-9781493052356","title":"Hold On World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHold On World\u003c\/i\u003e revisits Lennon and Ono's love affair and startling collaborations. John Lennon's \u003ci\u003ePlastic Ono Band\u003c\/i\u003e was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. Lennon's album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a \"Working Class Hero.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to rid himself of childhood traumas—abandoned by his father, John, at age nine, watched helplessly as his mother was killed by a car—Lennon wrote the most powerful song cycle of his career, confronting fear, disappointment, and illusion, all the while espousing his love for Yoko Ono.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReleased simultaneously, Ono's album \u003ci\u003eYoko Ono\/Plastic Ono Band\u003c\/i\u003e is emotionally raw and challenging. It inspired bands like the B-52s and Yo La Tengo to employ pure sound, whether shrieking vocals or guitar feedback, to express their deepest feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46843936375020,"sku":"9781493052356","price":60.11,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16060553482719.jpg?v=1758821069","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/hold-on-world-by-john-kruth-9781493052356","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}