{"product_id":"if-we-had-known-hardcover","title":"If We Had Known - 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\u003eElise Juska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary tour de force from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e-a riveting novel about one of the most urgent crises of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunman had been a student of hers: Nathan Dugan was an awkward, complicated young man whose quiet presence in her classroom had faded from her memory-but not, it seems, the memories of his classmates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a viral blog post hints at the existence of a dark, violence-tinged essay Nathan had written during Maggie's freshman comp seminar, Maggie soon finds herself at the center of a heated national controversy. Could the overlooked essay have offered critical red flags that might have warned of, or even prevented, the murders to come? As the media storm grows around her, Maggie makes a series of desperate choices that threaten to destroy not just the personal and professional lives she's worked so hard to build, but-more important-the happiness and safety of her sensitive daughter, Anna. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engrossing and provocative, combining sharp plot twists with Juska's award-winning, trademark literary sophistication, \u003ci\u003eIf We Had Known\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an unforgettable mother-daughter journey, an exquisite portrait of a community in turmoil, and a harrowing examination of ethical and moral responsibility in a dangerously interconnected digital world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElise Juska\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review, Good Housekeeping, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eHudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She is the recipient of the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction from Ploughshares and her work has been cited in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Philadelphia, where she is the director of the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245336412409,"sku":"9781455561773","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dnJoTHFJMUpnYzhhUUdmbituNGVBQT09.webp?v=1768602098","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/if-we-had-known-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}