{"product_id":"smacked-dominique-hecq-9781925052732","title":"Smacked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmacked\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving collection of stories about addiction told with heart-stopping narrative control and emotional resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Roanna Gonsalves, 2021 Carmel Digital Literary Award judge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunner-Up, 2021 Carmel Digital Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHecq writes playfully and with irony, thrumming prose and poetry in self-aware stories gravid with familiar yet unfamiliar protagonists and their dented victims or saviours. \u003cem\u003eSmacked and other stories of addiction\u003c\/em\u003e is a tight rope of connections and metaphors, the reader walking on tiptoe with a balancing pole, yet at the same time craving a haircut or a quince. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Eugen Bacon, author of \u003cem\u003eClaiming T-Mo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Woop Woop \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDOMINIQUE HECQ grew up in Belgium. She now lives in Melbourne. Hecq writes across genres and sometimes across tongues. Her works include a novel, four collections of stories and eleven books of poetry. \u003cem\u003eTracks\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eSonglines\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) are her latest offerings. With Eugen Bacon, she co-authored \u003cem\u003eSpeculate \u003c\/em\u003e(2021), a microlit dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominique Hecq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925052737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925052732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spineless Wonders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.32d","brand":"Dominique Hecq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055801823487,"sku":"9781925052732","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_edf46c6b-0db0-44c0-9160-6efa05e38da8.jpg?v=1685037873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smacked-dominique-hecq-9781925052732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}