{"product_id":"you-are-having-a-good-amie-barrodale-9780374293864","title":"You Are Having a Good Time: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed A Best Book of 2016 by \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Vulture, \u003c\/i\u003eRefinery29, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYou Are Having a Good Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Amie Barrodale's collection of highly compressed and charged tales, the veneer of normality is stripped from her characters' lives to reveal the seething and contradictory desires that fuel them. In \"Animals,\" an up-and-coming starlet harbors a complicated attraction toward her abusive director. In \"Frank Advice for Fat Women,\" an ethically compromised psychiatrist is drawn into the middle of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship. And in \"The Imp,\" a supernatural possession ruins a man's relationship with his pregnant wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarrodale's protagonists drink too much, say the wrong things, want the wrong people. They're hounded by longings (and sometimes ghosts) to the point where they are forced to confront the illusions they cling to. They're brought to life in stories that don't behave as you expect stories to behave. Barrodale's startlingly funny and original fictions get under your skin and make you reconsider the fragile compromises that underpin our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amie Barrodale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374293864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374293864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"Amie Barrodale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048970219775,"sku":"9780374293864","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8746669f-0a1a-4fbf-be4b-53c4968625dd.jpg?v=1684998862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-are-having-a-good-amie-barrodale-9780374293864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}