{"product_id":"hardly-children-paperback","title":"Hardly Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Adamczyk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Fall Pick by \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, ELLE, Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMyDomain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eerie debut collection featuring missing parents, unrequited love, and other uncomfortable moments\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man hangs from the ceiling of an art gallery. A woman spells out messages to her sister using her own hair. Children deemed \"bad\" are stolen from their homes. In \u003ci\u003eHardly Children\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Adamczyk's rich and eccentric debut collection, familiar worlds--bars, hotel rooms, cities that could very well be our own--hum with uncanny dread. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eHardly Children\u003c\/i\u003e are keyed up, on the verge, full of desire. They're lost, they're in love with someone they shouldn't be, they're denying uncomfortable truths using sex or humor. They are children waking up to the threats of adulthood, and adults living with childlike abandon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith command, caution, and subtle terror, Adamczyk shapes a world where death and the possibility of loss always emerge. Yet the shape of this loss is never fully revealed. Instead, it looms in the periphery of these stories, like an uncomfortable scene viewed out of the corner of one's eye.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Adamczyk\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has won awards from the Union League Civic \u0026amp; Arts Foundation of Chicago and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e PANK\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Salt Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Vol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Necessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her story \"Girls,\" published in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2014 Dzanc Books \/ Disquiet International Literary Program Award.\u003ci\u003e Hardly Children \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book. She works at \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762304287008,"sku":"9780374167899","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/801e7509ea0cea1667f584dd30c93304.webp?v=1780219138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hardly-children-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}