{"product_id":"delinquents-and-other-escape-attempts-9781960593030","title":"Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen you're trapped in a Rust Belt town, time passes or it doesn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e The people of Westinghouse, Ohio know this better than most. In \u003cem\u003eDelinquents\u003c\/em\u003e, their personal worlds expand and collapse in on themselves as they battle addictions, build scrap-metal rocket ships, and tether themselves to plans that will either get them out of dodge or blow up in their faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Deadhead seeks sobriety in his hometown, though his decades-old childhood trauma has been exhumed and now awaits him. A sometimes-recovering addict asks his younger sister to put him up as he repairs cars in their yard and she scrabbles to keep her own sanity. A woman intending to follow her boyfriend out of town wonders why a newcomer in Westinghouse has captured her latent interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Rees Gardner's linked stories portray people as they are: alternately hilarious, desperate, resilient, broken. For the characters contained in \u003cem\u003eDelinquents\u003c\/em\u003e, the crux is determining which they'll be when the music stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madrona Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960593030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Rees Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431978266805,"sku":"9781960593030","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4226ee93-e181-4b67-ab4d-9f929f0a0c6e.jpg?v=1721139180","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/delinquents-and-other-escape-attempts-9781960593030","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}