{"product_id":"being-fishkill","title":"Being Fishkill","description":"\u003cb\u003eFishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill’s fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck’s mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill’s unstable mother — and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer’s young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains “family.” And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.","brand":"Ruth Lehrer","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44983810162981,"sku":"9780763684426","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/7851\/4725\/files\/BNCImageAPI_635737bf-ac7b-47fc-b598-341c252d50c2.jpg?v=1732148091","url":"https:\/\/crossandcrows.myshopify.com\/products\/being-fishkill","provider":"Cross \u0026 Crows Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}