{"product_id":"9780385698405","title":"How It Works Out","description":"\u003cb\u003e“What an audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring debut. The power of this formally innovative and deeply funny book is that everything exists to serve the compassionate heart at its core. Myriam Lacroix’s work is a cause for celebration.” —GEORGE SAUNDERS, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiberation Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurreal, darkly comic and achingly tender, Myriam Lacroix's exuberant debut sees a queer love story play out in many alternate realities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWhen Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals. What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam’s depression was Allison’s flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker—or sexier—would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee? From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of violence that unravels the fantasy, each reality builds to complete a brilliant, painfully funny portrait of love’s many promises and perils.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts sexy and profane, unsentimental, and gut-wrenching, \u003ci\u003eHow It Works Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-bending, arresting, uncanny exploration of queerness, love, and our drive for connection, in any and all possible worlds.","brand":"Myriam Lacroix (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Doubleday Canada |  Hardback  |  2024-05-07","offer_id":44663150608639,"sku":"9780385698405","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9e9fa096-24f9-4700-bd97-1a561f12f13a.jpg?v=1704580623","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780385698405","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}