{"product_id":"9781324051060","title":"Baby in a Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrescient and idiosyncratic stories about the cost and joys of caretaking from a “sharp-witted, ravishing” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) writer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stunning stories, steeped in dark humor, startle and dismay, and introduce us to a cast of eccentric and wholly believable characters. Unexpected encounters confine and define the lives of strangers, while parents and partners navigate blended families and modern love: An older woman tells her waitress that she once left a newborn on church steps. A motel housekeeper makes a radical proposal to a guest. A teenager grapples with atheism and grief and eBay. A mother’s world is disrupted and recharged after a neighborhood man gives her young daughter a telescope. Strange, heartfelt, sly, and wryly funny, Sarah Braunstein’s stories ask us to confront the ways we try to make sense of our lives—and what happens when we escape from these preconceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 224 pages | 5.5\" x 8.3\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Braunstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694061170920,"sku":"9781324051060x","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ea801d08-48f4-41af-94a2-700a02ea63b6.jpg?v=1782795601","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.ca\/products\/9781324051060","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}