{"product_id":"still-in-love-michael-downing-9781640091474","title":"Still in Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately heartening novel is the companion to the critically acclaimed, national bestseller \u003ci\u003ePerfect Agreement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully and economically written, and very funny.\" --Linda Wertheimer, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is your chance to enroll in English 10 at highly rated Hellman College--if you can find a place to sit in the fantastically overcrowded classroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mark Sternum, whom readers first met in Downing's beloved novel \u003ci\u003ePerfect Agreement\u003c\/i\u003e, is a veteran teacher. Twenty years older, separated for six months from his longtime lover, and desperate to duck the overtures of double-dealing deans above him and disgruntled adjunct faculty below him, Mark has one ambition every day he is on campus--to close the classroom door and leave the world behind. His escape, however, is complicated by his contentious, complicated wrestling match of a relationship with the Professor, the tenured faculty member with whom Mark has co-taught this creative-writing workshop for ten years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The spectacle of their rigorous, academic relationship is a chance for students--all of us--to learn what an amazing arena the classroom can be. Replete with engaging writing exercises, harsh criticism, and contrarian advice, \u003ci\u003eStill in Love\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one semester in a college classroom. And it is an urgent reminder that we desperately need classrooms, that those singular, sealed-off-from-the-world sanctuaries are where we learn to love our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Downing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640091475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001 pg. 67","brand":"Michael Downing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937071235327,"sku":"9781640091474","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fc500326-9484-40c6-9643-f65d71a4d97f.jpg?v=1681428059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-in-love-michael-downing-9781640091474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}