{"product_id":"9781772142549","title":"We are Busy Being Alive","description":"Set in a North American milieu of detachment and alienation, the stories in \u003ci\u003eWe Are Busy Being Alive\u003c\/i\u003e document the attempts of disillusioned characters to re-enchant themselves with a seemingly indifferent world. Their flailing quests after a sense of purpose are equal parts tragic, absurd, frivolous, and touchingly human.\r\n\r\nA drug-fuelled romance with a stolen painting; a sexual awakening at the dentist’s; a crisis of personality from the months-long haze of a forest fire. Small spectacles dangle outside the confines of the everyday, keeping the restless characters reaching.\r\n\r\nThe stories are a nudge out the door and into the lonesome night, with a wink and a shrug as if to say—what else to do? Through each quiet inflection of hope, mischief, and despair, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Busy Being Alive\u003c\/i\u003e reacquaints readers with the magical qualities of their miserable, monumental lives.","brand":"Rishi Midha (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47057612603580,"sku":"9781772142549","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_050c8d91-7188-49b0-b6c5-d535924a5268.jpg?v=1783175570","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781772142549","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}