{"product_id":"how-sweet-the-sound-1","title":"How Sweet the Sound","description":"\"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,\nThat saved a wretch like me,\nI once was lost, but now am found\nWas blind, but now I see.\"\n\nWhen Cissy Houston sings \"Amazing Grace\" on her 1997 Grammy Award-winning album, Face to Face, her soul-stirring passion leaves no doubt that this is a woman blessed with a beautiful voice and a life story to be shared. In How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel, Cissy tells of the good and the bad of life with as much emotion and depth as she sings her beloved gospel music.\n\nCissy is a Grammy-winning singer, but this isn't about popularity. She is the proud mother of pop-music sensation Whitney Houston, but this isn't about fame. She starred in off-Broadway shows such as This Is My Song, and shared the screen with her daughter in The Preacher's Wife. But Cissy Houston's life is really about finding meaning, direction, and love; it is about being a woman of high moral principles and integrity in a world where both seem to be lacking; it is about being a wife, a mother, and a sister in the tug-of-war between family and a career that took her all around the world. Hers is the story of gospel music, from slavery to salvation based on God's \"amazing grace.\"\n\nBorn as Cissy Drinkard in a tough Newark, New Jersey, neighborhood in September of 1933, she was the youngest of eight children. With her father's talent and love of four-part gospel, she started singing at a young age and never stopped, no matter what happened in her life. In How Sweet the Sound, Cissy weaves the many threads of tragedy and triumph in her inspiring life together into one great melody of joy that will raise the spirits of fans and readers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385490100\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0385490100.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Houston, Cissy|Singer, Jonathan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43857887035453,"sku":"BVV.0385490100.G","price":6.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0385490100-0.jpg?v=1792532761","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/how-sweet-the-sound-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}