{"product_id":"one-day-hard-and-clear-paperback-1","title":"One Day, Hard and Clear - 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\u003eAnne Baldo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant novel about two best friends sharing yearning, rejection, and lip gloss in a close-knit blue-collar town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2004 and childhood friends Sami and Lucy are on the edge of adulthood. Lucy knows what she is going to do -- she's going to school and getting out. But Sami, caught in an endless loop with a boy, True, who is from a troubled family, can't seem to get unstuck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'd used to feel, when I was with True, that I was safe, that he would take care of me, that he wouldn't let anything bad happen. But now I wasn't sure what I had constructed that from. His easy way with words, his confidence, maybe, his height. I was tall but he was bigger than me; in my mind he was bigger than anyone. Or maybe it was the surprisingly gentle way he'd touch your hair, your face. But in reality, he'd offered no more protection than a child's night light against monsters, a tender deception we fall for, easily, before we grow up and know better.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe further Sami drifts from Lucy, the harder it is to not be guided and bound by her heartbreak for True, whose destructive presence continually interferes with Sami's hope for stability and connection. As their paths begin to diverge, Sami must learn to navigate life in their small town -- and the universe -- without the one person she's always counted on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If soulmates were real, she was mine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Baldo\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eMorse Code for Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eOne Day, Hard and Clear\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eGrain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStanchion\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRiddle Fence\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Windsor, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725793603833,"sku":"9781459756359","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/C7JIXPDjVe9781459756359_ac1f12f7-68b3-4710-a543-6daac65aebaf.webp?v=1785239733","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/one-day-hard-and-clear-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}