{"product_id":"the-suspension-of-disbelief-julia-wald-9781736456804","title":"The Suspension of Disbelief: Covid-19 Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eI started this project on March 10th 2020. That was the date of my first interview. I was workin in the restaurant industry in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. My friends, coworkers, and I were already witnessing the onset of the devastating economic effects of COVID-19. Our establishments were seeing a significant decrease in sales, and patrons, and I wanted to document the impacts of these changes on career service workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Governor of Washington announced the immediate closure of all bars and restaurants on March 15th 2020, I was out of a job, along with every other service industry worker in the state. The comics I had begun less than a week earlier now seemed more pressing. I decided to expand the scope of the project to include as many working people, in as many industries in the greater Seattle metro area as I could. I never intended to write and illustrate an entire book of stories; however, I also never expected the pandemic to last this long. Or to disrupt so many more industries and working peoples livelihoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI want to thank the interviewees who too the time out of their busy days and lives to talk to me and share their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Wald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736456806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736456804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Wald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.22d","brand":"Julia Wald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442540949759,"sku":"9781736456804","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80b75f16-1934-4318-9cec-18ee211ec91f.jpg?v=1777198077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-suspension-of-disbelief-julia-wald-9781736456804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}