{"product_id":"last-day-on-earth-stories-9781501147814","title":"Last Day on Earth: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Puchner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick \u003ci\u003eDream State\u003c\/i\u003e, a riveting and profoundly moving story collection by a writer \"uncannily in tune with the heartbreak and absurdity of domestic life\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA boy on the edge of adolescence fears his mother might be a robot; a psychotically depressed woman is entrusted with taking her niece and nephew trick-or-treating; a reluctant dad brings his baby to a debaucherous party; a teenage boy tries to prevent his mother from putting his estranged father's dogs to sleep. Ranging from a youth arts camp to an aging punk band's reunion tour, from a dystopian future where parents no longer exist to a ferociously independent bookstore, \u003ci\u003eLast Day on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around the endlessly complex, frequently surreal system that is family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eric Puchner, hailed as \"technically gifted and emotionally insightful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and someone who \"puts the \u003ci\u003estory\u003c\/i\u003e back in short story\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), delivers a gloriously original, utterly memorable collection that evokes both the comedy and tragedy of our lifelong endeavor to come of age.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355405541527,"sku":"9781501147814","price":998.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501147814.webp?v=1769291375","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/last-day-on-earth-stories-9781501147814","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}