{"product_id":"rules-for-being-dead-9781949467857","title":"Rules for Being Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Kim Powers's haunting and spellbinding novel \u003ci\u003eRules for Being Dead\u003c\/i\u003e reads like an intoxicating blend of the best of Shirley Jackson, Alice Sebold and Fannie Flagg.\" —STARRED Review, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's the late 1960s in McKinney, Texas. At the downtown theater and the local drive-in, movies—\u003ci\u003eJames Bond\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlfie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e—feed the dreams and obsessions of a ten-year-old Clarke who loves Audrey, Elvis, his family, and the handsome boy in the projector booth. Then Clarke loses his beloved mother, and no one will tell him how she died. No one will tell \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e either. She is floating above the trees and movie screens of McKinney, trapped between life and death, searching for a glimpse of her final moments on this earth. Clarke must find the shattering truth, which haunts this darkly humorous and incredibly moving novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Powers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280107712763,"sku":"9781949467857","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781949467857_dc961bc0-8967-4ed3-b025-a409d95ffa12.jpg?v=1772488218","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/rules-for-being-dead-9781949467857","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}