{"product_id":"why-trees-hannah-gold-9798217060887","title":"Why Trees: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAccomplished critic Hannah Gold makes her fiction debut in this funny, wise, curious collection of stories exploring the glorious absurdities of life in New York City\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"People suffering extreme emotional states can so easily fly under the radar in this city, don't you find?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the nine stories in \u003ci\u003eWhy Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, New Yorkers find themselves spotlit on a beautiful, dysfunctional stage cluttered with artists, grifters, and eccentrics all attempting to secure increasingly scarce footholds for themselves before the curtains come down. A prolific night blogger for a feminist website uses her boyfriend as a writing chair. A reality TV family hailing from Soho meets their superfan. A journalist working for an insolvent local newsroom ventures out to an artists' encampment on Ellis Island for one final scoop. These characters' quests--for love, creative fulfillment, a steady paycheck, a sense of belonging--are only further complicated by the follies of city living: financial and emotional insecurity, vanity, propinquity, and pure chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrecise but playful, wry but emotionally resonant, \u003ci\u003eWhy Trees \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces a charming, perceptive, original voice through these sharp and memorable portraits of characters performing for mercurial audiences, seeking connection, and straining against the boundaries that have been set for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Gold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217060887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Hannah Gold","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483408675071,"sku":"9798217060887","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdc92a8f-3e9c-404a-931e-31ea9bb0c3fd.jpg?v=1778038604","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-trees-hannah-gold-9798217060887","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}