{"product_id":"gone-the-hard-road-9780253053862","title":"Gone the Hard Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin grew up in Illinois and now teaches in the MFA program at the Ohio State University. Like many recent titles that IUP has put out successfully, this has a strong Midwest connection and a terrific writing style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning fiction writer, essayist, and memoirist, Martin (b. 1955) creates an affecting portrait of his troubled childhood in a small Illinois farming town. . . . Martin's hard road involved recognizing his emotional legacy: inheriting from his father a constant feeling of wariness against forces that were \"waiting to hurt me\" and from his mother, a desire to believe in a God who will keep him \"safe and free from harm.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGone the Hard Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a follow-up to his first memoir, told in thirteen connected essays. It focuses on his mother, a compassionate woman, who, in spite of her family's hardships, remains positive and optimistic. . . . In \u003ci\u003eGone the Hard Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin tells his story of growing up in rural Illinois with great passion, love, and undying hope.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Debbie Hagan * Brevity *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hard Road\u003cbr\u003eIf \"If's\" and \"But's\" Were Candies and Nuts\u003cbr\u003eThe Healing Line\u003cbr\u003eBachelors\u003cbr\u003eGone the Hard Road\u003cbr\u003eSpook\u003cbr\u003eNoble\u003cbr\u003eA Month of Sundays\u003cbr\u003eImposters\u003cbr\u003eBastards\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a Time\u003cbr\u003eMy Lost Year\u003cbr\u003eMischief Afoot\u003cbr\u003eGo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400605704535,"sku":"9780253053862","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253053862.jpg?v=1730471090","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gone-the-hard-road-9780253053862","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}