{"product_id":"iris-has-free-time-9781593765194","title":"Iris Has Free Time","description":"Modeled on Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and riffing on Proust's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIris Has Free Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, complicated, funny, bold, lyrical and literary, sad and wise book about youth, time, and what it means to grow up. An instant classic and essential reading for anyone who has ever been young. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There, I came across a cluster of NYU graduates standing in cap and gown. They were laughing and posing for photos. Was it June again already? Their voices echoed through the subway tunnel. 'Congratulations ' 'Congratulations ' their parents said. And I wanted to yell, 'Don't do it  Go back  You don't know what it's like '\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether passed out drunk at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e where she's interning; assigning \u003ci\u003eCliffs Notes\u003c\/i\u003e when hired to teach humanities at a local college; getting banned from a fleet of Greek Island ferries while on vacation, or trying to piece together the events of yet another puzzling blackout--\"I prefer to call them pink-outs, because I'm a girl\"--Iris is never short on misadventures. From quarter-life crisis to the shock of turning thirty, Iris Has Free Time charts a madcap, melancholic course through that curious age--one's twenties--when childhood is over, supposedly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593765194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2013 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Iris Smyles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112099905717,"sku":"9781593765194","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cf3876e6-9520-4f25-b4c6-1e41e03131a5.jpg?v=1693928696","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/iris-has-free-time-9781593765194","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}