{"product_id":"once-upon-an-effing-time-9781771623605","title":"Once Upon an Effing Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quirky, thrilling, darkly-funny page-turner that explores the fuzzy lines between sanity and insanity, magic and reality, love and duty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's 1969 and eight-year-old Elizabeth and her mother Margaret make a daring escape from their hard life in a factory town in Ontario's cheese belt. Stealing a school bus and slipping across the US border, they believe they are destined for greatness--and when Elizabeth discovers she can tell the fortunes of the desperate in roadside diners, she knows she's found their ticket to a better life in California. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when strangers appear with the promises of utopia, Margaret drifts into the deranged world of a doomsday cult, and young Elizabeth has no choice but to follow, watching as her mother slips further into a life of apocalyptic fervor. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrilling, sharp, gutting, and uplifting, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon an Effing Time \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of 1970s counterculture, shifting realities, the unpredictable behavior of love, and the struggle to leave the past behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Buffy Cram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771623605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCram, Buffy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBuffy Cram\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, an entrepreneur and a farmer. Reviewing her book of stories, \u003ci\u003eRadio Belly\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e pronounced her \"a whip-smart storyteller who aims to shake up our reading expectations in ways that delight.\" She has been a fiction finalist for the Western Magazine Awards, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has won a National Magazine Award. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and lives on Salt Spring Island, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43505272127603,"sku":"9.78177E+12","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_58fc9fbe-489c-4e75-9f60-b5d8072033fb.jpg?v=1755260968","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/once-upon-an-effing-time-9781771623605","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}