{"product_id":"kasischke-laura-the-life-before-her-eyes-9780156027120","title":"The Life Before Her Eyes","description":"Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband. An acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, The Life Before Her Eyes finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53721489277270,"sku":"9780156027120-G","price":5.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780156027120_1.jpg?v=1779106712","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/kasischke-laura-the-life-before-her-eyes-9780156027120","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}