{"product_id":"grasping-letting-go-9798992777208","title":"Grasping, Letting Go","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Hazzard is in free fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is on the verge of something. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf he could only figure out what...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrifting through Los Angeles on the night he was supposed to be married, Richard is searching for the truth and running from it. He remains Hamlet-haunted by a past he can't manage to forget and a future he refuses to face. From smokey beaches to crowded barrooms to hillside mansions, Richard is an unmoored wanderer, alone, unsure-of-foot, vacillating between self-awareness and self-deception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn whose current is he being dragged along? By whose design? To what end? And how come questions never meet with satisfactory answers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about time, and timing. About the people who tether you to the world and what happens when you cut yourself loose. It is a story about uncertainty, identity, and the inescapable gravity of the choices that make you you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlin, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jack Carlin grew up in Virginia alongside four brothers. He went on to study English at the University of Virginia. His fiancée and he live in California, where they like to walk and cook and talk and read. This is Jack's first novel. There will be others.","brand":"Burstall Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51325346971922,"sku":"9798992777208","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4555ef1d-e815-4d1d-b824-4c9f6ad4b081.jpg?v=1748728308","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grasping-letting-go-9798992777208","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}