{"product_id":"rockets-versus-gravity-9781459733862","title":"Rockets Versus Gravity","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller!\u003cbr\u003eA multi-faceted story that explores how small actions and changes can give rise to startling and unintended consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrajectory. Declination. Impact. Escape Velocity. These are rocketry terms that could also describe aspects of the human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lumberjack obsessed with space travel loses four different wedding rings, and each of the lost rings symbolizes something different to the person who finds it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are the members of a rich family whose dramas overlap with those of the homeless people living right next door, under the bridges of the Rosedale Ravine. The wheelchair-bound teen who declares war on a man parking his luxury car in the handicapped parking spot. The would-be rock star selling insurance, whose terminal diagnosis sets his life on a new and dizzying path. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd many others. Every person is connected to every other -- genetically, coincidentally, necessarily, or randomly. Every action has a consequence, seen or unseen, from the sublime to the catastrophic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Scarsbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459733862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Scarsbrook is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Indifference League\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eDescant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dalhousie Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Fire, Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNeWest Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing courses at George Brown and Humber Colleges, and is a mentor for the Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program. He lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45034052059251,"sku":"9781459733862","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_49b66563-895f-4720-a384-07962da90919.jpg?v=1779791554","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rockets-versus-gravity-9781459733862","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}