{"product_id":"the-distance-between-9781496216687","title":"The Distance Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At eighteen years old, with no high school diploma, a growing rap sheet, and a failed relationship with his estranged father, Timothy J. Hillegonds took a one-way flight from Chicago to Colorado in hopes of leaving his mounting rage and frustration behind. His plan was simple: snowboard, hang out, live an uncomplicated life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how Hillegonds’s plan went awry after he immediately jumped head first into a turbulent relationship with April, a Denny’s coworker and single mother. At once passionate and volatile, their relationship was fueled by vodka, crystal methamphetamine, and poverty—and it sometimes became violent. Mere months after moving to the mountains, when the stakes felt like they couldn’t be higher, Hillegonds learned April was pregnant with his child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than just a harrowing story of addiction and abuse or a simple mea culpa, \u003ci\u003eThe Distanc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If more men were capable of this kind of humility and vulnerability, who knows what changes we might see in our definitions of masculinity?\"—Ryan Smernoff, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"The title of this book–\u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e–captures, not only the miles travelled and the motion created in the story it tells, but as the ending of the book asks us to look forward, the title also conveys something about that space between who we used to be and the people we can become.\"—Penny Guisinger, \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If I could level any criticism against Hillegonds' tour de force memoir, it is that I wish it had gone on for a few more chapters so that we could learn more about his recovery process. Then again, that's not a flaw in the book but a testament to the captivating story it tells.\"—(Shepherdstown) \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Earnest, well-written and compelling.\"—Timothy Parfitt, \u003ci\u003eNewcity Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a gorgeous book. Hillegonds’s candor and insight are a marvel, his storytelling gripping, harrowing, and beautiful.”—Michele Morano, author of \u003ci\u003eGrammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“With earnest, unflinching prose and piercing detail, Hillegonds chronicles a turbulent past defined by a toxic mixture of rage, recklessness, and addiction. His willingness to peel back the layers of vulnerability and shame to reveal the man he once was is a stirring testament to the man he is now.”—Melanie Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracingly honest account of a boy’s search for manhood through the wilds of addiction, violence, and early fatherhood. This story gutted me. Hillegonds’s debut announces that he’s a writer to watch.”—Hope Edelman, author of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One\u003cbr\u003e Two\u003cbr\u003e Three\u003cbr\u003e Four\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColorado\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Five\u003cbr\u003e Six\u003cbr\u003e Seven\u003cbr\u003e Eight\u003cbr\u003e Nine\u003cbr\u003e Ten\u003cbr\u003e Eleven\u003cbr\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e Fifteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409227489623,"sku":"9781496216687","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496216687.jpg?v=1730506044","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-distance-between-9781496216687","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}