{"product_id":"tender-as-hellfire-9781933354309","title":"Tender as Hellfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Extremely vivid . . . Any number of novels have been written about unhappy childhoods and bizarre families, but this one surpasses many.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before he established himself as an indie-publishing sensation with his hit novels \u003cem\u003eOffice Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow the Hula Girl Sings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHairstyles of the Damned\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Detective Fails\u003c\/em\u003e, Joe Meno brought out his debut novel, \u003cem\u003eTender As Hellfire\u003c\/em\u003e, with St. Martin's Press. Here, with a re-edited paperback edition, Meno limns a near-fantastical world of trailer park floozies, broken-down '76 Impalas, lost glass eyes, and the daily experiences of two boys trying to make sense of their random, sharp lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDough and Pill are brothers bound by more than blood. The anguish of their past, the terror of their present, and the uncertainty of their future all underscore the only truth that is within their grasp: each other. For beneath the cruel surface of their trailer park community lies a menagerie of odd characters, each one strange yet somehow beautiful. Surrounded by the strange and displaced, Dough and Pill must navigate through a world of constant pain and confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding beauty in unexpected places and maintaining a reverence for hard-won scars, these two brothers learn, finally, that even broken things can be perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.44h x 5.38w x 0.61d","brand":"Joe Meno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732298068149,"sku":"9781933354309","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tender-as-hellfire-9781933354309","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}