{"product_id":"9781039001923","title":"Jones","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBang Crunch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJones \u003c\/i\u003eis the harrowing, funny, utterly unforgettable story of a pair of siblings attempting to survive the horror show of their family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbi   and Eli share a special bond. Eli looks up to his sister Abi, two years   older, who knows how to inhabit the souls of animals, and sometimes even the   soul of her brother. They share jokes, codes, and an obsession with impressive   feats of word power—such are the survival tricks for growing up Jones. Pal,   their alcoholic father, is haunted by demons from the Korean War, and their   less-than-nurturing mother Joy hasn’t got the courage to leave him. Always   moving to where Pal gets work, the Joneses go from Montreal to Boston, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and back to Montreal. No   matter where they go, though, they can never get away from Jones Town.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd then, on Eli’s twelfth birthday, the darkness deepens when he stumbles on something he doesn’t understand—an episode that represents the beginning of Abi’s unraveling, although no one knows it yet. Over the years, Eli and Abi lurch towards and into adulthood on separate   paths that sometimes cross, negotiating the world through sexual   experimentation, drugs and alcohol, art and language.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSearing, affecting and often darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eJones\u003c\/i\u003e explores the treacherous intersection between love and   violence, and the extreme measures Abi and Eli must take to escape the legacy of a toxic inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Neil Smith (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Random House of Canada |  Hardback  |  2022-08-23","offer_id":44151349608703,"sku":"9781039001923","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f7c876d3-8290-4fe6-aa03-b0656ae6fe9d.jpg?v=1655855602","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781039001923","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}