{"product_id":"my-dreams-out-in-the-street-9780743297738","title":"My Dreams Out in the Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eRita Jackson is a young woman on the skids, spending her time in shelters and on the dot-com-drunk streets of late 1990s San Francisco.\u003c\/b\u003e She's a young woman haunted by the murder of her mother when she was thirteen, and a young bride haunted by the disappearance of her husband, Jimmy, who split after a nasty argument more than a year earlier. Together Jimmy and Rita were slipping into drugs and hard times. Rita is filled with feelings of guilt and failure, and the hope that she will one day and Jimmy. She doesn't know that he is still in the city, still in love with her, waiting tables in an expensive restaurant while trying to get a foothold in the straight life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Rita witnesses the aftermath of a murder, her own life is endangered. She becomes involved with Gary Shepard, a married criminal investigator drawn to the dark side of this young woman. What unfolds is a story of three flawed people struggling with themselves as much as with their circumstances, as each of them is pulled more deeply and dangerously into the consequences of their decisions. When a drunken night leads Jimmy to jeopardize his second and last chance, it seems unlikely that these sweet, damaged people will ever come to anything, let alone find and -- miracle of miracles -- save one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But fate, in Addonizio's hands, works in strange and beautiful geometries. And redemption, she tells us, is never impossible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Addonizio\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Is This Thing Called Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTell Me, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Her poetry and fiction have appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Microfiction, Narrative, The Mississippi Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEA grants, Addonizio lives in Oakland, Californi\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327765713170,"sku":"9780743297738","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cbe92ad-a991-434e-9405-5aba62a856c2.jpg?v=1727720145","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-dreams-out-in-the-street-9780743297738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}