{"product_id":"steady-diet-of-nothing-cynthia-cruz-9781954245662","title":"Steady Diet of Nothing","description":"In this stunning novel, Cynthia Cruz administers an IV drip of capitalist entropy that keeps us rapt: \u003ci\u003e Steady Diet of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e compels readers to consume it in one headlong sitting. Charting the dissolution of an adolescent runaway community, the book follows a teenage girl, Candy, after her arrival at the Blue House -- an abandoned home inhabited by other children seeking shelter from the world. Here, she falls in love with Toby, a boy from elsewhere whose companionship interrupts the perpetual alienation of the status quo. \"He didn't explain, but I knew,\" Candy says. \"I knew as soon as he'd started talking, that we'd come from the same place.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beyond their den's walls, the market reigns, and the societal structure of infinite calculation and infinite exchange has rendered contemporary life meaningless. As Toby and Candy separately descend into drug addiction and prostitution, they find their efforts to defy the American economic superstructure futile, and Candy, again, is alone. \"I'm going to die in here, I say, to no one.\" The transcription of a mute prayer, \u003ci\u003eSteady Diet of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is a stark, vital work that requires our attention. \"I'm awake or else I'm dreaming,\" Candy narrates. \"There's a knock on the door. The phone rings forever but I can't put the receiver down.\" It keeps the line open as long as it can. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954245661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954245662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Way Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Cynthia Cruz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44121451692287,"sku":"9781954245662","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_131b56af-b76c-4e84-ab29-6dd521d1191e.jpg?v=1687419890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steady-diet-of-nothing-cynthia-cruz-9781954245662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}