{"product_id":"giving-up-the-ghost-eric-nuzum-9780385342438","title":"Giving Up the Ghost: A Story about Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt once hilarious and incredibly moving, \u003ci\u003eGiving Up the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of lost love and second chances, and a ghost story like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric Nuzum is afraid of the supernatural, and for good reason: As a high school oddball in Canton, Ohio, during the early 1980s, he became convinced that he was being haunted by the ghost of a little girl in a blue dress who lived in his parents' attic. It began as a weird premonition during his dreams, something that his quickly diminishing circle of friends chalked up as a way to get attention. It ended with Eric in a mental ward, having apparently destroyed his life before it truly began. The only thing that kept him from the brink: his friendship with a girl named Laura, a classmate who was equal parts devoted friend and enigmatic crush. With the kind of strange connection you can only forge when you're young, Laura walked Eric back to \"normal\"--only to become a ghost herself in a tragic twist of fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, a fully functioning member of society with a great job and family, Eric still can't stand to have any shut doors in his house for fear of what's on the other side. In order to finally confront his phobia, he enlists some friends on a journey to America's most haunted places. But deep down he knows it's only when he digs up the ghosts of his past, especially Laura, that he'll find the peace he's looking for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Nuzum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385342438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385342438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2012 pg. 54","brand":"Eric Nuzum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076037931263,"sku":"9780385342438","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_136adcf7-84d8-41cd-9b92-a45171190442.jpg?v=1685462822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/giving-up-the-ghost-eric-nuzum-9780385342438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}