{"product_id":"atomic-hearts-hardcover","title":"Atomic Hearts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A nuclear blast to the emotional core . . . Part teenage summer fling, part family tragedy, Megan Cummins's debut is the most exquisitely written, bighearted journey into friendship, addiction, and the frustrations that come with parenting our parents.\"--Nick Fuller Googins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Transition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'd been raised on secrets, I knew they weren't a good idea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSixteen and living in a small Michigan town, Gertie is harboring a secret heavy enough to fracture her closest friendship. She and Cindy have been bonded since birth by the fact their fathers are addicts, and their unsteady home lives are a little easier when they're together, sprawled on a trampoline with pilfered vodka and dreams of moving to New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything was changing so fast. I didn't know what was real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter an accident involving a bonfire and an aerosol canister sends Gertie to the hospital, she finds herself with nowhere to go but to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to live with her newly sober father. She sees it as a chance to escape the hometown drama she's caused, but drama finds her all the same: parties without curfews, boys without boundaries, a compromising photo, tragedy back home . . . and her father, once again teetering on the edge of oblivion. Terrified of the consequences of being honest with Cindy, her sole refuge is the fantasy novel she's writing, a portal to another world and the story of a young girl roaming a strange land, trusting her wits to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI had to become a different, stronger person before I'd even figured out who I was in the first place.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, when ghosts of the past surface, Gertie decides to write again about that explosive summer from the stabler shores of adulthood. Powered by the fierce imagination of her youth, Gertie finally allows herself the grace to tell a version of her narrative that she always hoped would be true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the feel and power of a ticking time bomb, \u003ci\u003eAtomic Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of the ways we can be saved by friendship, love, and imagination.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Cummins \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eIf the Body Allows It, \u003c\/i\u003e awarded the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction and longlisted for the Story Prize and the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space, Guernica, One Teen Story, Ninth Letter, Electric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. She edits at \u003ci\u003ePublic Books, \u003c\/i\u003e a magazine of arts, ideas, and scholarship. \u003ci\u003eAtomic Hearts \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265850589433,"sku":"9780593875353","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iSQsZ-fSPf9780593875353.webp?v=1768846967","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/atomic-hearts-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}