{"product_id":"from-rockaway-paperback","title":"From Rockaway - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Eisenstadt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimmy and Chowderhead and Peg are lifeguards. They spend summers sitting in those tall chairs, smoking dope and staring at the waves, swatting insects, tormenting seagulls. Winters they work shit jobs like unloading trucks at Mickey's Deli. At night, winter and summer, they drink. Drink and get rowdy. Then there's Alex, the girl who gets away, not only from old boyfriend Timmy but also from \"Rotaway\"-on scholarship to a rich-kid's college in New England. One midsummer night when the four are reunited, tensions erupt in feats of daring and self-destruction during the wild, cathartic, near-sacred lifeguard ritual known as the Death Keg. Brilliantly capturing the restlessness and casual nihilism of working-class youth with no options, Jill Eisenstadt's acclaimed first novel startles in its power and originality, its depth of feeling, its bright and dark comic turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Eisenstadt\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eFrom Rockaway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKiss Out\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134321332359,"sku":"9780316506335","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b10adb208aa01c63b50234d1755486d9.webp?v=1732640781","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/from-rockaway-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}