{"product_id":"the-distance-between-timothy-j-hillegonds-9781496216687","title":"The Distance Between: A Memoir","description":"2020 Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At eighteen years old, with no high school diploma, a growing rap sheet, and a failed relationship with his estranged father, Timothy J. Hillegonds took a one-way flight from Chicago to Colorado in hopes of leaving his mounting rage and frustration behind. His plan was simple: snowboard, hang out, live an uncomplicated life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how Hillegonds's plan went awry after he immediately jumped head first into a turbulent relationship with April, a Denny's coworker and single mother. At once passionate and volatile, their relationship was fueled by vodka, crystal methamphetamine, and poverty--and it sometimes became violent. Mere months after moving to the mountains, when the stakes felt like they couldn't be higher, Hillegonds learned April was pregnant with his child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than just a harrowing story of addiction and abuse or a simple mea culpa, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e is a finely wrought exploration of, and reckoning with, absent fathers, fatherhood, violence, adolescent rage, white male privilege, and Hillegonds's own toxic masculinity. With nuance and urgency, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers through the grit of life on the margins while grappling with the problematic nature of one man's existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy J. Hillegonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496216687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496216687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.69h x 5.96w x 0.68d","brand":"Timothy J. Hillegonds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064826556671,"sku":"9781496216687","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6acd7692-d4c8-44a3-8cd9-316e16542c93.jpg?v=1685397796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-distance-between-timothy-j-hillegonds-9781496216687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}