{"product_id":"black-dog-paperback-9","title":"Black Dog - Paperback","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\u003eErica Kent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Erica Kent's evocative novel Black Dog, we journey through the turbulent landscapes of adolescence, loss, and the blurry lines between reality and dream. It's 1980, and eleven-year-old Jessica Ryder wakes up to discover that John Lennon has been killed. In a misguided effort to assuage her grief, her father shares a beer with her, marking the beginning of a years-long dance with drugs and booze that will lead her down a harrowing, and sometimes darkly humorous, path. Jessica's full of contradictions: irreverent but romantic, smart but short-sighted, damaged but resilient. She grapples with the weight of tragedy and life, scrapes bottom, and finally discovers the elusive route to recovery, along with a hard truth: the black dog of addiction doesn't die. Both shadows and shafts of light cut through Jessica's story as it spans across the 1980's. Kent's lyrical prose and poignant storytelling create a haunting and unforgettable portrait of growing up in a world both chaotic and beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Kent is a winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in StoryQuarterly, The Brooklyn Rail, Conium Review, among other publications. She is the recipient of scholarships from Marilyn Moss Rockefeller and James S. Rockefeller, Jr., Iota Short Forms, the Maine Writers and Publishers Association, and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Portland, Maine with her family and chunky bulldog. You can find her at ericakent.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48825582059769,"sku":"9781951631635","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bFMRJBZBpr9781951631635_f1b2eb23-45a9-42cd-b03a-0ad55b4c0471.webp?v=1786856336","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/black-dog-paperback-9","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}