{"product_id":"an-egg-on-three-sticks-paperback-1","title":"An Egg on Three Sticks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJackie Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally Abby is thirteen. A real teenager who only wants to pierce her ears, have a boyfriend, and run her own life. But when her mother suffers a nervous breakdown, Abby faces a life far different from what she hoped for. Set in the Bay Area in the '70s, \u003ci\u003eAn Egg on Three Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e is Jackie Moyer Fischer's emotional, funny, and extraordinarily heartfelt novel about Abby's struggle to hold her family together, find love from a mother who has little to give, and simply try to be thirteen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a voice completely fresh and honest, Abby takes us on a journey that is often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and overwhelmingly hopeful. But a journey no thirteen-year-old should have to take.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can't stop reading \u003ci\u003eAn Egg on Three Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e once you start it. Three pages in, I was hooked. --Billie Letts, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Heart Is\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEgg on Three Sticks, \u003c\/i\u003e Jackie Moyer Fischer's absorbing first novel, is as genuine as the voice at its center. Abby, one of the most engaging young narrators since Elizabeth Berg's Katie in \u003ci\u003eDurable Goods, \u003c\/i\u003e tells her story with honesty, toughness, and a vulnerability that carries the reader along with a sense of suspense and deep emotional investment to its heartbreaking conclusion. In an impressive and rewarding writerly feat, Fischer manages to make Abby's story funny, entertaining, devastating, and redemptive, all at the same time. \u003cbr\u003e--Stephanie Rosenfeld, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat About the Love Part?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFischer's novel is a spare, unflinching picture of a nuclear family's disintegration. At the same time, it's a nostalgic ride through the goofy, vulnerable years of early adolescence, when stolen hallway kisses, forbidden pulp novels, and super-short miniskirts are of monumental importance. --Emily Jenkins, author of \u003ci\u003eMister Posterior and the Genius Child\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose both fresh and piercing, Fischer brings us so close to her narrator that we feel what it's like to be thirteen . . . and to be tormented by a potent mixture of love, anger, and guilt as you start to face the hard truths of the adult world. Abby's voice is unfaltering; its honesty and pure tone animates a story of immediate and affecting emotional power. \u003cbr\u003e--Anitra Sheen, author of \u003ci\u003eThings Unspoken\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Egg on Three Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e is a step into the bewildering world of adolescence. . . . Profound, fresh, funny, it will make you laugh as it breaks your heart. \u003cbr\u003e--Tom Spanbauer, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the City of Shy Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe voice and flow of this funny, sad, life-loving work are so note-perfect that taking in \u003ci\u003eAn Egg on Three Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e feels less like reading a novel than hanging out with its unforgettable teenage protagonist Abby Goodman as she lays it all out to you. Fischer's remarkable debut will keep you up at night whizzing through its pages, and will haunt and delight you long afterwards. --Fred Pfeil, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Guys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat They Tell You to Forget\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her poetic writing and honest voice, Fischer has captured a twelve-year-old's description of her mother's breakdown. I'm very much looking forward to Fischer's next book. --Jasmine Paul, author of \u003ci\u003eA Girl, in Parts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackie Moyer Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Saratoga, California, and McMinnville, Oregon. She graduated from Oregon State University (English) and Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law (J.D). She now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and too many cats. She has made peace with the rain and now prefers it to sunshine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 309\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Egg on Three Sticks\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134565224583,"sku":"9780312317751","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b4d930d8b159ad17eaa61ae44218289b_e8c8ad77-2376-4849-930c-9eca1c24adea.webp?v=1732642751","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-egg-on-three-sticks-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}