{"product_id":"off-season-james-sturm-9781770463318","title":"Off Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRage. Depression. Divorce. Politics. Love. A visceral story that you can see, taste, and feel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow could this happen? The question of 2016 becomes deeply personal in James Sturm's riveting graphic novel \u003ci\u003eOff Season\u003c\/i\u003e, which charts one couple's divisive separation during Bernie Sanders's loss to Hillary Clinton, Clinton's loss to Donald Trump, and the disorienting months that followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see a father navigating life as a single parent and coping with the disintegration of a life-defining relationship. Amid the upheaval lie tender moments with his kids--a sleeping child being carried in from the car, Christmas-morning anticipation, a late-night cookie after a temper tantrum--and fallible humans drenched in palpable feelings of grief, rage, loss, and overwhelming love. Using anthropomorphized characters as a tactic for tempering an otherwise emotionally fraught situation, \u003ci\u003eOff Season\u003c\/i\u003e is unaffected and raw, steeped in the specificity of its time while speaking to a larger cultural moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA truly human experience, \u003ci\u003eOff Season\u003c\/i\u003e displays Sturm's masterful pacing and storytelling combined with conscious and confident growth as the celebrated cartoonist and educator moves away from historical fiction to deliver this long-form narrative set in contemporary times. Originally serialized on \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, this expanded edition turns timely vignettes into a timeless, deeply affecting account of one family and their off season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Sturm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770463313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770463318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 6.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2019 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 76","brand":"James Sturm","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44717624623359,"sku":"9781770463318","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d7f173c-2dcc-48e7-95fa-eea7779fd88d.jpg?v=1705688891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/off-season-james-sturm-9781770463318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}