{"product_id":"green-glass-ghosts-9781551528380","title":"Green Glass Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt age nineteen, the queer narrator of \u003ci\u003eGreen Glass Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e steps off a bus in downtown Vancouver, a city where the faceless condo towers of the wealthy loom over the streets to the east where folks are just trying to get by, against the deceptively beautiful backdrop of snow-capped mountains and sparkling ocean. It's the year 2000, and the world is still mostly analogue--pagers are the best way to get ahold of someone and resum s are printed out on paper and dropped off in person, and what's this new fad called webmail? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur hopeful hero arrives on the West Coast on the cusp of adulthood, fleeing a traumatic childhood in an unsafe family plagued by religious extremism, mental health crises, and abuse in a conservative town not known for accepting difference. They're eager to build a new life among like-minded folks, and before they know it, they've got a job, an apartment, and a relationship, dancing, busking, and making out in bars, parks, art spaces, and apartments across the city. But their search for belonging and stability is buried in drinking, jealousy, and painful memories of the past, distracting the protagonist from their ultimate goal of playing live music and spurring them to an emotional crisis. If they can't learn to care for themselves, how will they ever find true connection and community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith haunting illustrations by Gem Hall that conjure the moody, misty urban landscape, \u003ci\u003eGreen Glass Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e is an evocation of that delicate, aching moment between youth and adulthood when we are trying, and often failing, to become the person we dream ourselves to be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAges 14 and up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551528380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Rae Spoon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39580143550645,"sku":"9781551528380","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6ec63071-4d72-4826-ab51-ce447888e755.jpg?v=1617084773","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/green-glass-ghosts-9781551528380","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}