{"product_id":"ghost-years-9781644213773","title":"Ghost Years","description":"\u003cb\u003e A tribute to the author's mother Kitty, the gritty Chicago landscape of his youth, and the \"ghost years, that time in your life you don't know won't never come again.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barry Gifford has been writing the story of America in acclaimed novel after acclaimed novel for the last half-century. Almost all of the stories in \u003ci\u003eGhost Years\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the 1950s, examining the lives of women in that period--the suppression, the lack of opportunities, the dependency on men. Following his story collection, \u003ci\u003eRoy's World\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the documentary directed by Rob Christopher, narrated by Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe, these stories show a childhood in mid-century America filled with innocence, grief, joy and wonder in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARRY GIFFORD\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than forty published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Gifford began his career as a poet and musician. His most recent prose works are \u003ci\u003eThe Roy Stories, Landscape With Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent poetry collection is \u003ci\u003eImagining Paradise: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). Gifford lives in the San Francisco area.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692201152786,"sku":"9781644213773","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d96ac9f1-be49-4a80-843f-1b450cbf4315.jpg?v=1734117347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghost-years-9781644213773","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}