{"product_id":"time-under-tension","title":"Time Under Tension","description":"M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable - as one professor tells her, ''Don''t expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.'' She decides to get a personal trainer''s certificate - it seems like a feasible and sensible career option - but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around - or, to get her shit together. ''I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don''t want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.'' Harkness''s bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there. Never didactic, always real, Time Under Tension is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305911165310,"sku":"NW9781683968962","price":19.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781683968962.jpg?v=1778521179","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/time-under-tension","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}