{"product_id":"greyhound-a-memoir-9781593768010","title":"Greyhound: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eCombining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, \u003ci\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives when we feel purposeless\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock traveled by Greyhound bus across the United States from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, she undertakes the same journey, revisiting the cities, edgelands, highways, and motels in the footsteps of the few women writers--Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin, and Irma Kurtz--who also chronicled their road trips across the United States. Combining memoir, reportage, environmental writing, and literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and immersive book that captures an America in the throes of late capitalism with all its beauty, horror, and complexity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12162184\"\u003eJoanna Pocock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593768010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159376801X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM059000\"\u003eMiscarriage \u0026amp; Baby Loss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOANNA POCOCK\u003c\/b\u003e is an Irish Canadian writer living in London. Her writing has notably appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a contributor to the Dark Mountain Project. She won the 2018 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for Surrender, and in 2021 she was awarded the Arts Foundation's Environmental Writing Award. She was short-listed for the Eccles Centre \u0026amp; Hay Festival Writer's Award in 2023 for \u003ci\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827209076875,"sku":"9781593768010","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_6da59a44-9a76-483d-a8c9-d5ba00b6e860.jpg?v=1755527432","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/greyhound-a-memoir-9781593768010","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}