{"product_id":"lungfish-9781646220915","title":"Lungfish","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLungfish\u003c\/i\u003e is a force of nature--a deeply felt marvel of a book that navigates grief, parenthood, and the mysteries of family with unrelenting power and precision. Here is a story about the islands we build and carry with us. Here is storytelling at its best. --Paul Yoon, author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Hunters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRun Me to Earth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTuck is slow to understand the circumstances that have driven her family to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, the former home of her deceased grandmother where she once spent her childhood summers. Squatting there now, she must care for her spirited young daughter and scrape together enough money to leave before winter arrives--or before they are found out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelying on the island for sustenance and answers--bladderwrack, rosehips, tenacious little green crabs; smells held by the damp walls of the house, field guides and religious texts, a failed invention left behind by her missing father--Tuck lives moment-by-moment through the absurdity, beauty, paranoia, and hunger that shoots through her life, as her husband struggles to detox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written and formally daring, \u003ci\u003eLungfish\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a woman grappling through the lies she has been told--and those she has told herself--to arrive at the truth of who she is and where she must go. Meghan Gilliss's debut is a brilliant and heartbreaking novel about addiction, doubt, marriage, motherhood, and learning to see in the dark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646220915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Meghan Gilliss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289561174197,"sku":"9781646220915","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b751eebb-82e0-49b9-985d-23d9479634e8.jpg?v=1658201444","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lungfish-9781646220915","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}