{"product_id":"that-very-place-9781963115468","title":"That Very Place","description":"The characters in \u003cem\u003eTHAT VERY PLACE\u003c\/em\u003e find themselves in settings-whether mundane or bizarre-that they'd rather avoid. Each is chasing or fleeing from a bond too deep to sever: an unwanted child, an unloving parent. Long-ignored troubles erupt into chaos, forcing them to confront the damage they've caused and the pain they can't outrun.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn a nursing home's bleak room, a woman with advancing dementia confesses to her unsuspecting niece that she's actually her mother. But is it too late for the truth to matter?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt a wedding held in a garishly decorated Laundromat in Queens, a young woman hesitates to give up her child for adoption, torn between her own instincts and the certainty that the child's father will leave if she doesn't.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the verge of crossing 7th Avenue, a directionless college student catches sight of a homeless woman who might be his estranged mother-and glimpses a potential doorway into a new life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the blistering heat of a baseball field parking lot, a girl grappling with her grandmother's worsening dementia and devastating loss finds clarity after a chaotic encounter with a wildly incoherent homeless woman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTHAT VERY PLACE\u003c\/em\u003e, the ordinary is infused with the extraordinary-things that simply shouldn't be happening. As these characters navigate their unraveling lives, they are confronted with choices and truths they've long ignored. What waits on the other side may finally illuminate what they've been missing all along.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unsolicited Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963115468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Mary Ann McGuigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51708048179381,"sku":"9781963115468","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_31772aae-1ee3-453f-b7b1-19618e8daccc.jpg?v=1757397209","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/that-very-place-9781963115468","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}