{"product_id":"what-if-we-were-somewhere-else-stories-9781951631055b","title":"What If We Were Somewhere Else: Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIf The Ice Had Held\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Pull of It\u003c\/span\u003e, comes \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWhat If We Were Somewhere Else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWhat If We Were Somewhere Else\u003c\/span\u003e is a tragicomic new collection of linked short stories that follows the characters from strip clubs to booze cruises, through failing marriages and bad management, and even on a journey to the moon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"In this connected collection of stories, Wendy J. Fox introduces us to an engaging medley of office coworkers, as well as their families, friends, and lovers. Fox's memorable narrations, ranging from eccentric to evocative, side-splitting to shocking, had me smiling, pondering, and turning the pages for more.\" - Cynthia Swanson, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestselling author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Glass Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Wendy J. Fox delivers a realistic, emotionally driven set of interlinked stories. Relatable, affecting, and at times absurd, this collection is for anyone who has felt frustrated at work.\" - \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBooklist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fox's prose is laced with tenderness, exploring lives measured in acceptance, kindness and connection. Even while moving insightfully through the more alienating facets of office culture — networking parties, breakroom concerns — Fox invests most of all in what makes us people over workers: those closely held moments pregnant with change, when a new life could break open if we just reach for the person next to us.\" - \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SFWP","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43018617716816,"sku":"9781951631055B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/what-if-we-were-somewhere-else-stories-9781951631055b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}