{"product_id":"this-business-of-the-flesh-9781627201889","title":"This Business of the Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Tracy's brother Aaron commits suicide, she inherits his dogs: two dog-aggressive pit bulls and the French mastiff Stella. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Tracy navigates her grief, she also has to learn how to care for her new dogs - who come with issues of their own. The dogs provide independent Tracy with ready-made fences, and necessitate new relationships with others exploring their own memories, fractured families and mental health issues. Life in the small Wisconsin town is a fishbowl of sorts, but also a place where pain is private - oblique and whispered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has loved a dog, for anyone who has tried to navigate the class distinctions of small-town America, for anyone who has tried to balance the expectations of who the world says they should be with their own unruly desires, \u003cem\u003eThis Business of the Flesh\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to the families \u0026amp; friendships we make out of our pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apprentice House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627201889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"C. Kubasta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228346024117,"sku":"9781627201889","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_384ed617-906b-4170-8e91-469796c5316e.jpg?v=1698724874","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-business-of-the-flesh-9781627201889","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}