{"product_id":"acts-of-desperation-9780316429832","title":"Acts of Desperation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A love story like no other.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hot as viscera.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"blistering anti-romance\" (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWouldn't I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, \u003ci\u003eActs of Desperation\u003c\/i\u003e renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan dissects one of life's most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, \u003ci\u003eActs of Desperation\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316429832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Megan Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314699112629,"sku":"9780316429832","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4c485c50-07e2-46b7-a4ff-8672c2194683.jpg?v=1659412429","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/acts-of-desperation-9780316429832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}