{"product_id":"the-distance-between-a-memoir-9781496216687","title":"The Distance Between: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Timothy J. Hillegonds\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At eighteen years old, with no high school diploma, a growing rap sheet, and a failed relationship with his estranged father, Timothy J. Hillegonds took a one-way flight from Chicago to Colorado in hopes of leaving his mounting rage and frustration behind. His plan was simple: snowboard, hang out, live an uncomplicated life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how Hillegonds's plan went awry after he immediately jumped head first into a turbulent relationship with April, a Denny's coworker and single mother. At once passionate and volatile, their relationship was fueled by vodka, crystal methamphetamine, and poverty--and it sometimes became violent. Mere months after moving to the mountains, when the stakes felt like they couldn't be higher, Hillegonds learned April was pregnant with his child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than just a harrowing story of addiction and abuse or a simple mea culpa, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e is a finely wrought exploration of, and reckoning with, absent fathers, fatherhood, violence, adolescent rage, white male privilege, and Hillegonds's own toxic masculinity. With nuance and urgency, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers through the grit of life on the margins while grappling with the problematic nature of one man's existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134570291351,"sku":"9781496216687","price":1436.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496216687.webp?v=1767908066","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-distance-between-a-memoir-9781496216687","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}