{"product_id":"sickness-health-stories","title":"Sickness, Health \/\/ Stories (Pre-order, April 27 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Offseason \u003c\/i\u003ecomes 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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thirteen-year-old girl falls in love with her dentist; an adult woman moves back home and must share a bedroom with her father; two friends reconnect and visit their disgraced high school teacher. The familiar world is twisted inside out in Avigayl Sharp’s mischievous, stylish, and beautifully bizarre collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSickness, Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross these eleven stories we follow characters whose demented longings for love and approval only untether them further from so-called “real life.” As constrained by the body as they are by the mind, hysterically attuned to the obscenities of the 21st century, they suffer from arrested development and countless physical ailments as they’re forced, time and again, to return to the site of their undoing—where, if they’re lucky, they might catch a glimpse of salvation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMercilessly funny, gleefully perverse, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSickness, Health \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an existential missive from an unwell world and a cure for the soul rot that ails us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvigayl Sharp\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eOffseason. \u003c\/i\u003eHer fiction has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: April 27, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781662603662\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFiction \/ Short Stories (single author), Fiction \/ Absurdist, Fiction \/ Jewish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Avigayl Sharp","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, April 27 2027) Paperback","offer_id":49443823911147,"sku":"9781662603662","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781662603662.jpg?v=1789925439","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/sickness-health-stories","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}