{"product_id":"once-upon-an-effing-time-9781771623605","title":"Once Upon an Effing Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quirky, thrilling, darkly-funny page-turner that explores the fuzzy lines between sanity and insanity, magic and reality, love and duty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's 1969 and eight-year-old Elizabeth and her mother Margaret make a daring escape from their hard life in a factory town in Ontario's cheese belt. Stealing a school bus and slipping across the US border, they believe they are destined for greatness--and when Elizabeth discovers she can tell the fortunes of the desperate in roadside diners, she knows she's found their ticket to a better life in California. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when strangers appear with the promises of utopia, Margaret drifts into the deranged world of a doomsday cult, and young Elizabeth has no choice but to follow, watching as her mother slips further into a life of apocalyptic fervor. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrilling, sharp, gutting, and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon an Effing Time \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of 1970s counterculture, shifting realities, the unpredictable behavior of love, and the struggle to leave the past behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771623605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Buffy Cram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644083175605,"sku":"9781771623605","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f3c4af08-9660-4498-9c87-b82d53d0bc8f.jpg?v=1708446620","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/once-upon-an-effing-time-9781771623605","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}