{"product_id":"time-under-tension-9781683968962","title":"Time Under Tension","description":"M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable -- as one professor tells her, \"Don't expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.\" She decides to get a personal trainer's certificate -- it seems like a feasible and sensible career option -- but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around -- or, to get her shit together. \"I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don't want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.\" \u003cp\u003eHarkness's bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there. Never didactic, always real, \u003cem\u003eTime Under Tension\u003c\/em\u003e is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614039707922,"sku":"9781683968962","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f403aa34-78c0-4cdf-b87d-2e95e1c9982a.jpg?v=1732424652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/time-under-tension-9781683968962","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}