{"product_id":"where-the-line-bleeds","title":"Where the Line Bleeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoshua and Christophe are twins  raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippis Gulf Coast. Theyve just finished high school and need to find jobs  but in a failing post-Katrina economy  its not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks  but Christophes not so lucky. Desperate to alleviate the familys poverty  he starts to sell drugs. He can hide it from his grandmother but not his twin  and the two grow increasingly estranged. Christophes downward spiral is accelerated first by crack  then by the reappearance of the twins parents: Cille  who abandoned them  and Sandman  a creepy  predatory addict. Sandman taunts Christophe  eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins. Ward inhabits these characters  and this world  black Creole  poor  and drug-riddled  yet shored by family and community to a rare degree  without a trace of irony or distance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987109244981,"sku":"ByrdShop_1932841385","price":28.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781932841381.jpg?v=1770924910","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/where-the-line-bleeds","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}