{"product_id":"9781644213773","title":"Ghost Years","description":"\u003cb\u003e A tribute to the author's mother Kitty, the gritty Chicago landscape of his youth, and the \"ghost years, that time in your life you don't know won't never come again.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Barry Gifford has been writing the story of America in acclaimed novel after acclaimed novel for the last half-century. Almost all of the stories in \u003ci\u003eGhost Years\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the 1950s, examining the lives of women in that period—the suppression, the lack of opportunities, the dependency on men. Following his story collection, \u003ci\u003eRoy's World\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the documentary directed by Rob Christopher, narrated by Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe, these stories show a childhood in mid-century America filled with innocence, grief, joy and wonder in equal measure.","brand":"Barry Gifford","offers":[{"title":"Seven Stories Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-09","offer_id":44663254941951,"sku":"9781644213773","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bdd539df-18bc-4bf9-92ed-93b4d896b74a.jpg?v=1704535081","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781644213773","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}