{"product_id":"ten-lives","title":"Ten Lives \/\/ How What We Have Shapes Who We Are (Pre-order, Nov 10 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visually striking exploration of money—and the lack of it—in America told through the lives of ten individuals, from a Pulitzer Prize–winning data journalist and artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Astonishing . . . Chalabi’s taboo-busting transparency about peoples’ financial lives is revolutionary enough. But it’s the pellucid clarity of her data visualizations that will really change how you understand capitalism.”—Alison Bechdel, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFun Home: A Family Tragicomic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna has a comfortable life in a mansion in Maine thanks to her husband (well, his parents, really) until he suddenly asks for a divorce. In Arizona, Hunter is a U.S. veteran, feeling ashamed about claiming disability benefits. Then there’s Levi, who is trying to pay off his debts from a gambling addiction, one social media video at a time. And Christian, stifled by his job at an Amazon warehouse before a union-organizing effort offers a way out for his comrades and his young kids. Ten people, ten different incomes, all of them afraid for their futures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor five years, data journalist Mona Chalabi followed them all, documenting how wealth shaped their feelings, their choices, their identities, and their insecurities. She researched the data behind their taxes, groceries, inheritances, and so much more to understand the systems that keep people stuck. But then, she too found herself facing the same fears, when her mother’s sudden illness and subsequent medical bills threatened her own financial safety and made the questions she had been writing about all too real. How much money is enough? To live a “good” life? To protect the people you love in an emergency?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterweaving her own story with those of her interviewees and illustrated throughout with the data visualizations for which Chalabi is renowned, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen Lives\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003easks how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States. It explores how difficult it is for us to be honest and open about what we have and argues that until we get better at it, we will never be able to address the underlying problems that drive inequality and insecurity for us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMona Chalabi\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer and illustrator. Her work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize, an honorary fellowship at the British Science Association, an Emmy nomination, a fellowship from New America, and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent years, her art has been exhibited at the Tate, the Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Random House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: November 10, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780593243671\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.3 X 6.3 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Politics, Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels, Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mona Chalabi","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Nov 10 2026) Hardcover","offer_id":48983536500971,"sku":"9780593243671","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780593243671.jpg?v=1783197053","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/ten-lives","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}