{"product_id":"9781999859336","title":"The German Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do you will a life into order? Adrift in Germany, a pregnant, aimless Argentine and her small circle of friends try and fail to find out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFall in Heidelberg, and in a student residence a not-student, a woman from Argentina, is busy not figuring out what to do next. She’s pregnant. Shanice, a Japanese student she had barely befriended, has died. Shanice’s mother has arrived from Tokyo and will not leave. And Javier Miguel, a fellow Argentine, is frantic that his sister back home might be overly involved with a local psychic. \u003cem\u003eThe German Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of not-moving on, of not-growing up, of not-failing better. As fall turns to winter, things change but nothing is different, and comedy and tragedy are harder to tell apart. And in Carla Maliandi’s hands, entropy becomes a vibrant, life-affirming creative force.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carla Maliandi","offers":[{"title":"Charco Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-02","offer_id":44414006722815,"sku":"9781999859336","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cc0f3dc5-6e99-4ffd-acb4-49f19710977a.jpg?v=1697660374","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781999859336","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}