{"product_id":"cool-for-america-stories-9781250798640","title":"Cool for America: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel \u003ci\u003eEarly Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Martin's \u003ci\u003eCool for America \u003c\/i\u003eis a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection is bookended by the misadventures of Leslie, a young woman (first introduced in \u003ci\u003eEarly Work\u003c\/i\u003e) who moves from New York to Missoula, Montana to try to draw herself out of a lingering depression, and, over the course of the book, gains painful insight into herself through a series of intense friendships and relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther stories follow young men and women, alone and in couples, pushing hard against, and often crashing into, the limits of their abilities as writers and partners. In one story, two New Jersey siblings with substance-abuse problems relapse together on Christmas Eve; in another, a young couple tries to make sense of an increasingly unhinged veterinarian who seems to be tapping, deliberately or otherwise, into the unspoken troubles between them. In tales about characters as they age from punk shows and benders to book clubs and art museums, the promise of community acts--at least temporarily--as a stay against despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning throughout \u003ci\u003eCool for America \u003c\/i\u003eis the characters' yearning for transcendence through art: the hope that, maybe, the perfect, or even just the good-enough sentence, can finally make things right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250798640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Andrew Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190410555573,"sku":"9781250798640","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_72c022e2-668c-4c80-9358-407622078d77.jpg?v=1623130290","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cool-for-america-stories-9781250798640","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}