{"product_id":"the-broken-places-9781774390450","title":"The Broken Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eVancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farm belt for local cheese and a sense of purpose. Back in the city their families go about their business: landscaping, negotiating deals, skipping school. It's a day like any other--until suddenly it's not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the earthquake hits, the city erupts in chaos and fear. Kyle's and Charlotte's families, along with two passersby, are thrown together in an oceanfront mansion. The catastrophe and conflicts that beset these wildly different people expose the fault lines beneath their relationships, as they question everything in an effort to survive and reunite with their loved ones stranded outside the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances Peck's debut novel reveals a humanistic outlook in the face of disaster while interrogating the excesses of the nouveau riche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NeWest Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774390450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Frances Peck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41596070297781,"sku":"9781774390450","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3723ed93-169b-43e8-bfe1-4fdbb747ae98.jpg?v=1644332611","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-broken-places-9781774390450","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}