{"product_id":"mammal-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Mammal: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Hardung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was numb. I was a cloud. I wanted to feel like this forever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirty years old, Jason Hardung is concussed from a bar fight and addicted to heroin, slumming in a house without electricity or running water. After witnessing the near suicide of a stranger, he makes a desperate call for help, hoping the forces that pushed him under can pull him back up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Wyoming, where manhood is a pressure test described by the elements, and where tenderness is worse than weakness-it's a refusal to face the facts. But facts alone don't tell a story. Jason will spend the next twenty years figuring out what does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with deadpan clarity and surprising humor, Mammal embodies the terrors and joys of a poet born into a blue-collar world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADVANCE PRAISE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant, bloody, big-hearted debut. Hardung has made me a lifelong fan.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Mary Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eBiloxi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAlways Happy Hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Almost unbearably human, honest, and genuine-all strong and unexpectedly sweet medicine for days like ours.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Bonnie Nadzam, author of \u003cem\u003eLions\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLamb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A brilliant work of luminous love, pain, guts, burning hearts, a shadow lifting. Jason Hardung is an outstanding artist.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Bud Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eTeenager\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67869763928222,"sku":"9798997098308","price":27.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7748\/8030\/files\/lzlGnvtZe9798997098308.webp?v=1793314671","url":"https:\/\/theword.com\/products\/mammal-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"TheWord.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}