{"product_id":"time-under-tension-m-s-harkness-9781683968962","title":"Time Under Tension","description":"M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable -- as one professor tells her, \"Don't expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.\" She decides to get a personal trainer's certificate -- it seems like a feasible and sensible career option -- but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around -- or, to get her shit together. \"I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don't want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.\" \u003cp\u003eHarkness's bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there. Never didactic, always real, \u003cem\u003eTime Under Tension\u003c\/em\u003e is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. S. Harkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683968964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683968962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2023","brand":"M. S. Harkness","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131243852031,"sku":"9781683968962","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5605fddc-72e2-46ef-ae57-582c0e8d0634.jpg?v=1687473781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-under-tension-m-s-harkness-9781683968962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}