{"product_id":"9781778430671","title":"Living Expenses","description":"As the children to a single mother who immigrated from the Philippines, Laura and Claire have always been exceptionally close. Told from the perspective of Laura, \u003ci\u003eLiving Expenses\u003c\/i\u003e is about a point of divergence in the sisters' lives: Claire has moved to San Francisco for a startup job in Silicon Valley while Laura and her husband, Joe, remain in Toronto and decide to start a family. Laura quickly encounters issues and begins the slow process of fertility treatments. Meanwhile, Claire gets involved in a venture that taps into the fertility industry. \u003ci\u003eLiving Expenses\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the strain that can accompany even the strongest of relationships, and captures the inevitable creep of technology into all facets of its characters' lives, from communication to reproduction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Teri Vlassopoulos (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Invisible Publishing |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-05-13","offer_id":48021579661567,"sku":"9781778430671","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0698aafc-fd12-4e3c-b234-ddd9cd605249.jpg?v=1767982905","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781778430671","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}