{"product_id":"punishment-eve-tushnet-9781943383528","title":"Punishment: A Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lesbian parolee re-integrates into life in DC in a dark comedy about the dangers and delights of humiliation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesiree Schulman is home from federal prison--almost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Des returns to Washington, DC under \"conditional release,\" she wants three things: to repair her relationships, to practice humility, and to stay out of prison. So she reconnects with her local sadomasochists' group, and pursues an elusive ex. She takes a state-mandated job cleaning (and judging) other people's houses, flings a few prayers at whatever Higher Power might be listening, and spends her group therapy trying to justify her happy childhood to the women of her halfway house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Des's downwardly-mobile skid through the gentrifying city is more dangerous than she realizes. Behind a high fence in wealthy Upper Northwest, a cult is preying on vulnerable women. And when Des discovers their secret, she'll have to find out whether she's willing to risk her own freedom for somebody else's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the shadow of the 2016 elections, Punishment is a story about all the ways we surrender: the ridiculous ways and the sublime ways and the sad sordid ways; the ways which damage us and the ways which may, if we're lucky, heal us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eve Tushnet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943383529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943383528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clickworks Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"Eve Tushnet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978371629311,"sku":"9781943383528","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bc70fbf-a8b2-4636-a95b-ab7c15c3e1ed.jpg?v=1683241179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/punishment-eve-tushnet-9781943383528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}