{"product_id":"9780593191422","title":"What Are You Going Through","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY NPR, \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR \u003ci\u003eTHE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRING JULIANNE MOORE AND TILDA SWINTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “As good as \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, if not better.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Impossible to put down . . . leavened with wit and tenderness.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I was dazed by the novel’s grace.” \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times–\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling, National Book Award\u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend \u003c\/i\u003ebrings her singular voice to a story about the meaning of life and death, and the value of companionship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to talk about themselves and to have an audience to their experiences. The narrator orchestrates this chorus of voices for the most part as a passive listener, until one of them makes an extraordinary request, drawing her into an intense and transformative experience of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through\u003c\/i\u003e, Nunez brings wisdom, humor, and insight to a novel about human connection and the changing nature of relationships in our times. A surprising story about empathy and the unusual ways one person can help another through hardship, her book offers a moving and provocative portrait of the way we live now.","brand":"Sigrid Nunez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45893253628116,"sku":"9780593191422","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_53299dee-bea4-40d1-b28d-26fe2dc9d1b9.jpg?v=1732347621","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780593191422","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}