{"product_id":"last-day-on-earth-stories-9781501147814","title":"Last Day on Earth: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMusic Through the Floor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eModel Home\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501147814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Eric Puchner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42784324812981,"sku":"9781501147814","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_937f511f-3097-4def-a186-94a0c3196f41.jpg?v=1680015400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/last-day-on-earth-stories-9781501147814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}