{"product_id":"sweet-affliction-paperback","title":"Sweet Affliction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Leventhal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the CBC's Best Books of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pregnancy test is taken at a wedding, a bad diagnosis leads a \u003cbr\u003epatient to a surprising outlook, and a civic holiday becomes a dystopian\u003cbr\u003e nightmare. By turns caustic, tender, and creepily hilarious, Sweet \u003cbr\u003eAffliction reveals the frailties, perversions, and resilience of Anna \u003cbr\u003eLeventhal's cast of city-dwellers. Shiftless youths, a compulsive \u003cbr\u003ecollector of cigarette butts, and a dying pet rat populate fifteen \u003cbr\u003esharply-observed and darkly funny stories that suck at the marrow of \u003cbr\u003emodern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a joy to read.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anna Leventhal [is] one of Montreal's quietly beloved literary personalities.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCult MTL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A subtle yet powerful debut.\"\u003cb\u003e--Inaudible\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sweet Affliction's reviews have been positive across the board, and \u003cbr\u003erightly so. It's a collection that reads more like a mid-career \u003cbr\u003estatement than a tentative debut.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.87 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248603316473,"sku":"9781926743431","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bzlqYlF2eVRWZEtBRnYwKzZ0SFRwUT09.webp?v=1768635737","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sweet-affliction-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}