{"product_id":"9781771966610","title":"Old Romantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eDubliners\u003c\/em\u003e, if \u003cem\u003eDubliners \u003c\/em\u003ewere \"Cat Person\" as a feminist mock-epic about a writer's coming of age—and every Dubliner was named Margaret.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman pursues a man who cut ahead of her in a line. Two nice people report that a child is being left unsupervised at a local beach. Romances, old and new, shift and sour. Following Maggie Armstrong's intrepid hero, Margaret, through first love, first bad date, first job, first extremely bad date, and on into midlife and its attendant disillusionment—and surprising revelations—\u003cem\u003eOld Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e is an acutely observed and hideously entertaining collection of linked short stories from an astonishing new talent. Slippery, flawed, and acute, Armstrong’s narrator navigates a world of awkward expectation and latent hostility with piercing insight into the trials and tribulations of attempting to be human while female.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Biblioasis |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-04-01","offer_id":46181219598591,"sku":"9781771966610","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6778d309-45ad-417d-8b9d-c3b3e61b4999.jpg?v=1730147638","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781771966610","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}