{"product_id":"never-without-a-song","title":"Never Without a Song","description":"\u003ci\u003eNever Without a Song\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the centrality of folksong in the life of Jennie Devlin, a woman who worked for fourteen years as a \"bound-out girl,\" or serving maid, along the New York-Pennsylvania border in the late 1800s. Largely ignored and unwanted, Devlin persevered through Dickensian misfortunes to find love and raise a family (often alone) in Philadelphia and Gloucester, New Jersey. Katharine Newman met Devlin in 1936 and compiled information about the older woman's life and music. Half a century later, Newman returned to her collection in retirement, with her own perspective of age. The result is a unique biography of an American working-class woman, told with depth and candor. Newman also includes \"I Wish I'd Been Born a Boy,\" \"James Bird,\" \"Martha Decker,\" \"My Grandmother's Old Armchair,\" and other pieces, both British and American, most with tunes.","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244337713496,"sku":"9780252063718","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/never-without-a-song","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}