{"product_id":"durand-jones-wait-til-i-get-over-lp","title":"Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over - LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDurand Jones's Wait 'Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eIt is the story of Jones's life, his growth and revelations, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonce he left. In it, he writes through Hillaryville's contradictions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe pristine beauty and the ragged roads; his teenage desire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto leave and his adult desire to honor his tangled roots; the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplantation history and the ups and downs of the Black community \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat made homes of this reparation town. \"Hometowns have a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eway of keeping a part of you,\" says Jones, \"and if I'm making \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomething young-me would be proud of, Hillaryville is a big part \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof that.\" Jones finds something transformative in his memories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethere and the life he has led since, ultimately claiming and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eembracing his whole self. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is vulnerable, personal, touching on Jones's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelationship to church life, to his mother, to his queerness, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis worth. \"I wish I could tell my younger self 'you don't have to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estick to the dreams people have for you,'\" says Jones, \"'you can \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edream bigger. You are more than capable, you are more than \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eable. I think about some nerdy punk kid in the rural south who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eneeds to hear that now.'\" Wait 'Til I Get Over does exactly that.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666362347852,"sku":"656605158037","price":5.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/4187828-2957617.jpg?v=1770371459","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/durand-jones-wait-til-i-get-over-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}