{"product_id":"the-heart-and-other-monsters-a-memoir-by-rose-andersen","title":"The Heart and Other Monsters: A Memoir - By Rose Andersen","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo imagine her way into Sarah's life, Rose revisits their volatile childhood, marked by their stepfather's omnipresent rage and their father's pathological lying. As the dysfunction comes into focus, so does a broader picture of the opioid crisis and the drug rehabilitation industry in small towns across America. And when Rose learns from the coroner that Sarah's cause of death was a methamphetamine overdose, the story takes a wildly unexpected turn.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Andersen sifts through her sister's last days, we come to recognize the contours of grief and its aftermath- the psychic shattering which can turn to anger, the pursuit of an ever-elusive verdict, and the intensely personal rites of imagination and art needed to actually move on.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReminiscent of Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body, Maggie Nelson's Jane- A Murder, and Lacy M. Johnson's The Other S\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Andersen's debut is a potent, profoundly original journey into and out of loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 215  x 147mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e90f0f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Rose Andersen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40396686000170,"sku":"9781635575149","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-09-20T144212.829.jpg?v=1663649023","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-heart-and-other-monsters-a-memoir-by-rose-andersen","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}