{"product_id":"the-heart-and-other-monsters-a-memoir-9781635575149","title":"The Heart and Other Monsters: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpossible to put down. It haunts me still.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis-an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo imagine her way into Sarah's life, Rose revisits their volatile childhood, marked by their stepfather's omnipresent rage and their father's pathological lying. As the dysfunction comes into focus, so does a broader picture of the opioid crisis and the drug rehabilitation industry in small towns across America. And when Rose learns from the coroner that Sarah's cause of death was a methamphetamine overdose, the story takes a wildly unexpected turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Andersen sifts through her sister's last days, we come to recognize the contours of grief and its aftermath: the psychic shattering which can turn to anger, the pursuit of an ever-elusive verdict, and the intensely personal rites of imagination and art needed to actually move on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReminiscent of Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's \u003ci\u003eThe Fact of a Body\u003c\/i\u003e, Maggie Nelson's \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lacy M. Johnson's \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e, Andersen's debut is a potent, profoundly original journey into and out of loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635575149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Rose Andersen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663817339036,"sku":"9781635575149","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b97d50e-d9dc-4949-8546-03bc154eaba7.jpg?v=1603905143","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heart-and-other-monsters-a-memoir-9781635575149","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}