{"product_id":"9781662603662","title":"Sickness, Health: Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSharp, Avigayl\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAstra House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/13\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically-acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOffseason\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wildly brilliant debut story collection with a sick sense of humor and a deep respect for the eccentric.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thirteen-year-old girl falls in love with her dentist; an adult woman moves home after losing her job and must share a bedroom with her father; two friends reconnect and visit their disgraced high school teacher. Stuff gets \u003ci\u003eweird\u003c\/i\u003e in Avigayl Sharp’s uproariously funny collection, \u003ci\u003eSickness, Health\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout these eleven stories we follow characters who are desperate for love and approval, intimacy and understanding; they suffer severely from arrested development (as well as countless physical ailments) as they are forced, time and again, to return to the site of their undoing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSickness, Health \u003c\/i\u003espotlights the deranged, the deluded, the dropouts, the depressives, and the deviants, who are only human for God’s sake, so would you please cut them some slack?","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48858857144575,"sku":"9781662603662","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781662603662","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}