{"product_id":"9781496940346","title":"Missing the Mark: A Target Child Speaks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe movement in Missing the Mark is a series of vignettes or \"jump cuts,\" similar to modern cinematic technique, exemplifying the fact that chaotic stories often have an absence of smooth transition and order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the text The Wounded Storyteller, this creative nonfiction witness recounts a dysfunctional upbringing within the structure of what Arthur W. Frank purports as The Chaos Narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Keith Hoerner writes this piece to reclaim himself, to find his voice from beneath an antagonist who made him mute. Surprisingly, in reshaping the fractured pieces of his so-called life, he also discovers the existence of varied selves along the way (not only the ever-present lover but the admitted hater), which he has too long denied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter forty-nine years, he is now able to recognize love and hate can coexist as counter selves in the human heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keith [Hoerner] shows skill, control, and sensitivity to language.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Michael Castro, PhD,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of The Bush Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...One of the most unflinchingly honest and beautiful theses I'd ever read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Eve Jones, MFA,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of Bird in the Machine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033390203120,"sku":"9781496940346","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781496940346_p0.jpg?v=1763667678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781496940346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}