{"product_id":"the-conditions-of-love-paperback","title":"The Conditions of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale M. Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDale M. Kushner's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Conditions of Love\u003c\/i\u003e traces the journey of a girl from childhood to adulthood as she reckons with her parents' abandonment, her need to break from society's limitations, and her overwhelming desire for spiritual and erotic love. In 1953, ten-year-old Eunice lives in the backwaters of Wisconsin with her outrageously narcissistic mother, a \u003ci\u003emanicureeste\u003c\/i\u003e and movie star worshipper. Abandoned by her father as an infant, Eunice worries that she will become a misfit like her mother. When her mother's lover, the devoted Sam, moves in, Eunice imagines her life will finally become normal. But her hope dissolves when Sam gets kicked out, and she is again alone with her mother. A freak storm sends Eunice away from all things familiar. Rescued by the shaman-like Rose, Eunice's odyssey continues with a stay in a hermit's shack and ends with a passionate love affair with an older man. Through her capacity to redefine herself, reject bitterness and keep her heart open, she survives and flourishes. In this, she is both ordinary and heroic. At once fable and realistic story, \u003ci\u003eThe Conditions of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about emotional and physical survival. Through sheer force of will, Eunice saves herself from a doomed life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This engaging examination of a mother and daughter's relationship will appeal to the same audience that embraced Mona Simpson's acclaimed classic \u003ci\u003eAnywhere But Here\u003c\/i\u003e and Elizabeth Strout's bestselling \u003ci\u003eAmy and Isabelle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale M. Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e graduated the Vermont College MFA Program in Creative Writing, and founded The Writer's Place, a literary center in Madison, Wisconsin. Ms. Kushner is a recipient of a Wisconsin Arts Board Grant in the Literary Arts, a fellowship at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. As well, she was a participant with other leading writers in the recent Fetzer Institute's first writers' retreat on compassion and forgiveness. Her work has been widely published in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eIMAGE, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Salmagundi, Witness, Fifth Wednesday\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her most recent poetry book \u003ci\u003eMore Alive Than Lions Roaring\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for The May Swenson Poetry Award at Utah State Press, The Prairie Schooner Book Competition, the Agha Shahid Ali Prize at University of Utah Press, and The Tupelo Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ms. Kushner has been a long-time investigator of the intersection between writing and spiritual life. She is currently on the faculty of The Assisi Institute in Brattleboro, VT, a teaching center that serves as an international focus point for leading thinkers and groundbreaking conversation on the work of C.G. Jung and the relationship between psyche and matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her family and dog, Carmelita. \u003ci\u003eThe Conditions of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409874055303,"sku":"9781455519743","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/RVM2QWMyNG40eFVLbGw4akphOHJVUT09.webp?v=1775360793","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-conditions-of-love-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}