{"product_id":"playground-zero-9781631528897","title":"Playground Zero","description":"When the Rayson family leaves the East Coast for the gathering anarchy of Berkeley, young Alice Rayson embraces the moment in a place that's fast becoming a cultural ground zero--and for a girl, that's no Summer of Love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelyea, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Relyea is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlayground Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel set in the late 1960s. Sarah grew up in Berkeley during the counterculture movement of the 1960s. As a young girl, she went to the infamous Altamont concert and frequented Telegraph Avenue. She would soon swap California's psychedelic scene for studying English literature at Harvard. A PhD who has taught at universities in New York and Taiwan, she has long addressed questions of identity in her writing, including in her book of literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eOutsider Citizens: The Remaking of Postwar Identity in Wright, Beauvoir, and Baldwin\u003c\/i\u003e. Sarah lives in Brooklyn, New York, but continues to spend time in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493080043794,"sku":"9781631528897","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25be517c-12e8-491d-8b5a-68925f5b1bb3.jpg?v=1730625800","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/playground-zero-9781631528897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}