{"product_id":"dust-amy-dupcak-9780988854321","title":"Dust: Short Stories","description":"In this debut collection, Amy Dupcak dives headfirst into the rocky waters of youth. Exploring themes of alienation, longing, self-destruction and ultimately self-awareness, characters attempt to find meaning and form connections via sex, art, drugs, bathtubs, apple seeds, a cardboard dreamachine, and an aloe vera plant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Ten Days,\" a pothead bike messenger squats in the hip downtown apartment of a girl he doesn't know, which begins a strange affair with her diary. During \"The Test,\" a backpacker couple visits The Church of Scientology as a rainy day experiment, which ends up testing more than they'd anticipated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"May Day\" takes place in a Staten Island backyard, where eccentric outcasts perform an ancient ceremony. The Batman-loving tween of \"Anything to Save Her\" attempts to rescue his sister from a 'dangerous' boyfriend, while the shy child of \"In Limbo\" is kidnapped by an artistic loner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSparkling with songs, secrets, subculture, and a touch of the surreal, the fourteen stories in Dust shed light on the harsh realities of growing up and making decisions in our modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Dupcak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988854325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988854321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucid River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Amy Dupcak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46806954737919,"sku":"9780988854321","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c1ef21b-f278-4eef-999b-07f8a5b4c76a.jpg?v=1745378161","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dust-amy-dupcak-9780988854321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}