{"product_id":"candy-candy-a-novel-of-love-and-addiction-9780345423870","title":"Candy: Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction","description":"\"Candy is beside me, drenched in sweat. She's breathing gently, long slow breaths. I imagine her soul going in and out: wanting to leave, wanting to come back, wanting to leave, wanting to come back. The day will soon harden into what we need to do. But for now we have each other. . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe met Candy amid a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous, sexy, free-spirited Candy. They fell in love fast, lots of laughter and lust, the days melting warmly into each other. He never planned to give her a habit. But she wanted a taste. And wasn't love, after all, about sharing lives? Candy had a bit of money and in the beginning, everything was beautiful. Heady, heroin-hazed days, the world open and inviting. But when the money ran out, the craving remained, and the days ceased their luxurious stretch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there was still love. Only now, it was a threesome. Heroin had its own demands, its own timetable, and thoughts of nabbing the next fix hurled them into each day. Then, when desperation sets in, Candy will stop at nothing to secure a blast, as she and her lover become hostage to the nightmarish world of addiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePainful, sexy, tender, and charged with dark humor, \u003cb\u003eCandy\u003c\/b\u003e provocatively charts the daily rituals of two lovers maintaining a long-term junk habit. Told in stunningly vivid prose and set against the backdrop of suburban and urban Australia, \u003cb\u003eCandy\u003c\/b\u003e is both an electrifying and frightening glimpse of contemporary life and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345423870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 5.41w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/1998 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1998 pg. 827\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1998 pg. 1857\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Luke Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576539181237,"sku":"9780345423870","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_43520b5e-bca0-4d62-9139-c34ddecc4617.jpg?v=1724175651","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/candy-candy-a-novel-of-love-and-addiction-9780345423870","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}