{"product_id":"the-bricks-that-built-the-houses-9781620409015","title":"The Bricks That Built the Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecky, Harry, and Leon are leaving London in a fourth-hand Ford with a suitcase full of stolen money, in a mess of tangled loyalties and impulses. But can they truly leave the city that's in their bones? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate Tempest's novel reaches back through time--through tensely quiet dining rooms and crassly loud clubs--to the first time Becky and Harry meet. It sprawls through their lives and those they touch--of their families and friends and faces on the street--revealing intimacies and the moments that make them. And it captures the contemporary struggle of urban life, of young people seeking jobs or juggling jobs, harboring ambitions and making compromises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bricks that Built the Houses \u003c\/i\u003eis an unexpected love story. It's about being young, but being part of something old. It's about how we become ourselves, and how we effect our futures. Rich in character and restless in perspective, driven by ethics and empathy, it asks--and seeks to answer--how best to live with and love one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate Tempest, a major talent in the poetry and music worlds, sits poised to become a major novelist as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620409015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2016 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2016 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kae Tempest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112106492085,"sku":"9781620409015","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_865dcb5f-80ef-4102-a513-28ec70750395.jpg?v=1693928842","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bricks-that-built-the-houses-9781620409015","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}