{"product_id":"failure-to-zigzag-isbn-9781582430768","title":"Failure To Zigzag","description":"It's southern California in the early Sixties, and Charlotte is a teenager, which is bad enough. She also has strange grandparents, with whom she lives, a schizophrenic ventriloquist alcoholic mother who appears and disappears regularly from her life, and only vague information about the father who died before Charlotte was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith so much craziness in the family, Charlotte figures, whether it's \"nature\" or \"nurture,\" she's doomed. In \u003ci\u003eFailure to Zigzag\u003c\/i\u003e, Jane Vandenburgh gracefully zigzags between hilarity and sorrow as she recounts Charlotte's attempts to grow up and to practice \"sanity as a form of revenge.\"\u003cb\u003eJane Vandenburgh\u003c\/b\u003e is the award–winning author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eFailure to Zigzag\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Physics of Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eArchitecture of the Novel, A Writer's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught writing and literature at U. C. Davis, the George Washington University, and, most recently, at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Callfornia. A native of Berkeley, she has returned to live with her family in the West, and with Wayne Thiebaud, her dog.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302052516069,"sku":"NP9781582430768","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582430768.jpg?v=1767726633","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/failure-to-zigzag-isbn-9781582430768","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}