{"product_id":"clares-boutique-three-stories-and-one-essay-9781734224085","title":"Clare's Boutique: Three Stories and One Essay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This author has talent to burn.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn three heartfelt new stories, award-winning author Eric Giroux introduces Clare Renault, suburban-white-boy rap fan nonpareil. Funny and poignant, the stories trace Clare's growth to young adulthood in the Greater Lowell, Massachusetts, of the eighties and nineties--rap's golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ice Time\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winter's journey takes a harrowing turn for Clare and Jack, former best friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hamburger Hill\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighth graders Clare and Sanjay grapple with a painful secret at the dawn of gangsta rap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stickup\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome from college, Clare opens a used record store, mourns his father, and weighs his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Novels as Albums (And Albums that Influenced My Novels)\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn affectionate personal essay about the music that shaped Giroux's novels, \u003cem\u003eZodiac Pets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRing On Deli\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Salem Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734224085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Eric Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239320481973,"sku":"9781734224085","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_08852d33-c1d9-4168-9386-8feef266b13f.jpg?v=1770917767","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clares-boutique-three-stories-and-one-essay-9781734224085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}