{"product_id":"eightball-9781939650955","title":"Eightball","description":"\u003cem\u003eEightball \u003c\/em\u003estrikes hard. Fueled by an abiding sense of loss, these eight stories take you on a journey over the exploded fault lines of intimacy, unfolding across cities and continents. Whether hitchhiking the Italian Veneto, trekking through a pitch-black Balinese rice field, or queuing for drinks in a crowded Seattle bar, Geoghegan sets her characters adrift in a world that stakes its claim to the enigmatic terrain of desire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This collection of darkly comic, occasionally violent, tales is anchored by the eponymous \"eightball,\" a coming of age novella about a sister and brother guided by the inertia of recklessness and self-destruction. A prot g  of the late Lucia Berlin, Elizabeth Geoghegan writes lyric, place-driven prose laced with edgy realism and wry wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Santa Fe Writer's Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939650955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Geoghegan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671420301468,"sku":"9781939650955","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_86239070-81a4-45d2-9a86-f3c33bedf6a3.jpg?v=1603925344","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/eightball-9781939650955","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}