{"product_id":"the-protester-has-been-released-janet-sarbanes-9781936196654","title":"The Protester Has Been Released","description":"\u003cp\u003ePopulated by wise animals and hapless humans, \u003cem\u003eProtester\u003c\/em\u003ebrilliantly evokes an end-of-the-world feeling that is equal parts dread and hilarity. In nine precisely rendered stories and a novella featuring the American president's daughter, Sarbanes takes on the big questions with gallows humor: What is freedom? What is love? What is art? And what does it matter now?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \"Meet Koko,\" the famous signing gorilla spends her nights secretly typing a hilarious \"counter-narrative\" onto her researcher's laptop. \"The First Daughter Finds Her Way\" chronicles the quest of a president's daughter to keep her father from invading the world's nations in reverse alphabetical order. Sibling rivalry turns lethal in \"Who Will Sit with Maman?\" And in \"Ars Longa,\" a Colorado town riddled with cancer turns to art making in order to cope with the chaos of the present and the sins of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether chiseled into discretely titled chunks, or rendered via extended interior monologues, Sarbanes' witty, affective prose deftly locates the promise of a new society within the shell of the old. A fierce, funny primer for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Sarbanes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936196654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936196654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e C\u0026amp;r Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2017","brand":"Janet Sarbanes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045802209535,"sku":"9781936196654","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20ac784f-5ca4-4732-9e64-135843b677bb.jpg?v=1684980846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-protester-has-been-released-janet-sarbanes-9781936196654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}