{"product_id":"bewilderness-9781646221264","title":"Bewilderness","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in rural, poverty-stricken North Carolina, this \"beautiful, gritty, and piercing\" novel follows two young women--best friends--as they \"journey through the highs and lows of friendship, love, and addiction,\" perfect for readers of Julie Buntin's \u003ci\u003eMarlena\u003c\/i\u003e (Erika Carter, author of \u003ci\u003eLucky You\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrene, a lonely nineteen-year-old in rural North Carolina, works long nights at the local pool hall, serving pitchers and dodging drunks. One evening, her hilarious, magnetic coworker Luce invites her on a joy ride through the mountains to take revenge on a particularly creepy customer. Their adventure not only spells the beginning of a dazzling friendship, it seduces both girls into the mysterious world of pills and the endless hustles needed to fund the next high. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, Irene and Luce run nickel-tossing scams at the county fair and trick dealers into trading legit pharms for birth-control pills. Everything is wild and wonderful until Luce finds a boyfriend who wants to help her get clean. Soon the two of them decide to move away and start a new, sober life in Florida--leaving Irene behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in a riveting dialogue between the girls' addicted past and their hopes for a better future, \u003ci\u003eBewilderness\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a brilliant, funny, heartbreaking novel about opioid abuse, it's also a moving look at how intense, intimate friendships can shape every young woman's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Tucker \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in North Carolina. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEpoch\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her partner and multiple cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533896782098,"sku":"9781646221264","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52615e89-ce86-4ef3-9600-64c3cf9701fd.jpg?v=1731414693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bewilderness-9781646221264","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}