{"product_id":"what-luck-this-life-9781938235900","title":"What Luck, This Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Columbia space shuttle and its contents rain down on the people of Kiser, Texas, in Kathryn Schwille's imaginative debut novel set six weeks before the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhat Luck, This Life\u003c\/em\u003e begins in the aftermath of the space shuttle's break-up, as the people of Piney Woods watch their pastures swarm with searchers and reporters bluster at their doors. A shop owner defends herself against a sexual predator who is pushed to new boldness after he is disinvited to his family reunion. A closeted father facing a divorce that will leave his gifted boy adrift retrieves an astronaut's remains. An engineer who dreams of orbiting earth joins a search for debris and instead uncovers an old neighbor's buried longing. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a chorus of voices spanning places and years, \u003cem\u003eWhat Luck, This Life\u003c\/em\u003e explores the Columbia disaster's surprising fallout for a town beset by the tensions of class, race, and missed opportunity. Evoking Sherwood Anderson's classic \u003cem\u003eWinesburg, Ohio\u003c\/em\u003e and Elizabeth Strout's \u003cem\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel's unforgettable characters struggle with family upheaval and mortality's grip and a luminous book emerges--filled with heartache, beauty and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938235900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Kathryn Schwille","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40649068052661,"sku":"9781938235900","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_166b573d-4a14-42a7-8a75-6ffc7341bf63.jpg?v=1627963607","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-luck-this-life-9781938235900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}