{"product_id":"the-babysitter-at-rest","title":"The Babysitter at Rest","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive strange, funny, and unsettling stories introduce the fiercely imaginative world of Jen George. In “Guidance\/The Party,” an ethereal alcoholic Guide appears to help a thirty-three-year-old woman prepare for her belated adulthood. “Take Care of Me Forever” turns the medical profession into a lonely, narcissistic ship of fools, while “Instruction” follows students at an unconventional art school where they divide their time between art critiques, orgies, and burying dead racehorses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining slapstick, surrealism, erotica, and social criticism, these stories move through the absurdities of contemporary life with both ferocity and tenderness. George’s debut collection is funny, unsettling, vulnerable, and impossible to classify neatly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJen George was born in Thousand Oaks, California. The Babysitter at Rest is her first book. Her fiction has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and n+1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDorothy, a publishing project\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober 17, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e168\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeird \u0026amp; Experimental · Short Stories · Absurd Fiction · Satire · Feminist Fiction · Erotica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780997366624\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677795319990,"sku":"9780997366624","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780997366624.jpg?v=1792423079","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-babysitter-at-rest","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}