{"product_id":"habitat-case-q-kerns-9781625571632","title":"Habitat","description":"Habitat is a book of linked narratives, beginning in the near future and ending a century later. Different characters, all operating in their own environments, more connected than they know: a world with an early education system based on corporate sponsorships; a highly unusual outdoor family restaurant; a subculture of young Americans creating performance art out of transplanted body parts; and a large corporation that clones animals for labor, entertainment, preservation, and defense in a future where species are quickly going extinct. After a neighborhood barbecue, a father embraces a grisly family tradition to help secure a better education for his daughter. A young man crashes his family's meticulously planned annual gala to unveil his latest surgical transplant. Parents try to find a way to give their daughter the year's most sought-after Christmas gift, a clone of the canine star of a sci-fi television show. Habitat shifts genres and tones, including elements of body horror, science fiction, and family drama as narrative spaces and characters' experiences eventually merge in the final piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Case Q. Kerns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625571631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625571632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Case Q. Kerns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571275223295,"sku":"9781625571632","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fccbb25-350c-455a-abf7-af78dd6b99f2.jpg?v=1738807750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/habitat-case-q-kerns-9781625571632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}