{"product_id":"time-under-tension-9781683968962","title":"Time Under Tension","description":"M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable -- as one professor tells her, \"Don't expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.\" She decides to get a personal trainer's certificate -- it seems like a feasible and sensible career option -- but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around -- or, to get her shit together. \"I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don't want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.\" \u003cp\u003eHarkness's bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there. Never didactic, always real, \u003cem\u003eTime Under Tension\u003c\/em\u003e is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683968962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264","brand":"M. S. Harkness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103893225653,"sku":"9781683968962","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7a94b7dc-cabc-4d4c-a3dd-5f2449541c88.jpg?v=1693282037","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/time-under-tension-9781683968962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}