{"product_id":"pink-slime-9781668049785","title":"Pink Slime","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature - Named a BEST BOOK of 2024 by NPR, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScreenRant\u003c\/i\u003e - \"The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hair-raising, poetic novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them edges toward apocalypse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone can afford--a revolting pink paste, made of an unknown substance. In the short, desperate breaks between deadly windstorms, our narrator stubbornly tends to her few remaining relationships: with her difficult but vulnerable mother; with the ex-husband for whom she still harbors feelings; with the boy she nannies, whose parents sent him away even as terrible threats loomed. Yet as conditions outside deteriorate further, her commitment to remaining in place only grows--even if staying means being left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn evocative elegy for a safe, clean world, \u003ci\u003ePink Slime\u003c\/i\u003e is buoyed by humor and its narrator's resiliency. This vivid and unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge.\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 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668049785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.25w x 0.60d","brand":"Fernanda Tr\u0026#195;\u0026#173;as","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418991485109,"sku":"9781668049785","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_abd304bc-3610-4036-8daf-87352e53259b.jpg?v=1748390531","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pink-slime-9781668049785","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}