{"product_id":"the-life-before-her-eyes-laura-kasischke-9780156027120","title":"The Life Before Her Eyes","description":"Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband.\u003cbr\u003eAn acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, \u003cem\u003eThe Life Before Her Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Kasischke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156027127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156027120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 18","brand":"Laura Kasischke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987258441983,"sku":"9780156027120","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d46420ad-f332-4225-9b43-5159d1d1df74.jpg?v=1683287908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-before-her-eyes-laura-kasischke-9780156027120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}