{"product_id":"9780156027120","title":"The Life Before Her Eyes","description":"\u003cbr\u003eDiana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband.\u003cp\u003eAn acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, \u003ci\u003eThe Life Before Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47759617523952,"sku":"9780156027120","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780156027120_p0.jpg?v=1763658165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780156027120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}