{"product_id":"9781368101202","title":"On Earth as It Is on Television","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Emily Jane’s rollicking debut, when spaceships arrive and then depart suddenly without a word, the certainty that we are not alone in the universe turns to intense uncertainty as to our place within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Weird and sweet … like a 2020s White Noise: loud and colorful Americana with a sprinkle of apocalyptic doom.”—Edgar Cantero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heartfelt, witty, and secretly romantic … a delightful and poignant story about what it is to be human, and what we owe each other.” —Christina Lauren\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince long before the spaceships’ fleeting presence, Blaine has been content to go along with the whims of his supermom wife and half-feral, television-addicted children. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they’re aliens, and his wife drags them all on a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf a continent away, Heather floats in a Malibu pool and watches the massive ships hover overhead. Maybe her life is finally going to start. For her, the arrival heralds a quest to understand herself, her accomplished (and oh-so-annoying) stepfamily, and why she feels so alone in a universe teeming with life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly conscious and alert after twenty catatonic years, Oliver struggles to piece together his fragmented, disco-infused memories and make sense of his desire to follow a strange cat on a westward journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbracing the strangeness that is life in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eOn Earth as It Is on Television\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking, heartfelt tale of first contact that practically leaps off the planet.","brand":"Emily Jane","offers":[{"title":"Disney Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-05-07","offer_id":44663272898815,"sku":"9781368101202","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_822c473a-7ffa-4bb4-8f24-a85b103cf1ef.jpg?v=1704577050","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781368101202","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}