{"product_id":"the-life-before-her-eyes","title":"The Life Before Her Eyes","description":"Diana 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.\u003cbr\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, \u003cem\u003eThe Life Before Her Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833318158541,"sku":"9780156027120","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_0fdacac4-b0e2-4a84-af87-5317949c3b41.jpg?v=1790817892","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-life-before-her-eyes","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}