{"product_id":"the-answers-paperback","title":"The Answers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to Most Anticipated and Must Read lists by \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e W\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Elle, Buzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Chicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists, Catherine Lacey's \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"novel of intellect and amplitude that deepens as it moves forward\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about a woman learning to negotiate her ailment via the simulacrum of a perfect romantic relationship. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Parsons is broke. Dead broke, really: between an onslaught of medical bills and a mountain of credit card debt, she has been pushed to the brink. Hounded by bill collectors and still plagued by the painful and bizarre symptoms that doctors couldn't diagnose, Mary seeks relief from a holistic treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia--PAKing, for short. Miraculously, it works. But PAKing is prohibitively expensive. Like so many young adults trying to make ends meet in New York City, Mary scours Craigslist and bulletin boards for a second job, and eventually lands an interview for a high-paying gig that's even stranger than her symptoms or the New Agey PAKing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary's new job title is Emotional Girlfriend in the \"Girlfriend Experiment\"--the brainchild of a wealthy and infamous actor, Kurt Sky, who has hired a team of biotech researchers to solve the problem of how to build and maintain the perfect romantic relationship, casting himself as the experiment's only constant. Around Kurt, several women orbit as his girlfriends with specific functions. There's a Maternal Girlfriend who folds his laundry, an Anger Girlfriend who fights with him, a Mundanity Girlfriend who just hangs around his loft, and a whole team of girlfriends to take care of Intimacy. With so little to lose, Mary falls headfirst into Kurt's messy, ego-driven simulacrum of human connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in Catherine Lacey's signature spiraling, hypnotic prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e is both a mesmerizing dive into the depths of one woman's psyche and a critical look at the conventions and institutions that infiltrate our most personal, private moments. As Mary struggles to understand herself--her body, her city, the trials of her past, the uncertainty of her future--the reader must confront the impossible questions that fuel Catherine Lacey's work: How do you measure love? Can you truly know someone else? Do we even know ourselves? And listen for Lacey's uncanny answers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNobody Is Ever Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a 2016 Whiting Award and a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e. In 201, she was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists. Her essays and fiction have been published widely and translated into Italian, French, Dutch, Spanish, and German. Born in Mississippi, she is now based in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444826095794,"sku":"9781250183088","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5f329810d9949e9ff69f52dde922f279.webp?v=1778712327","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-answers-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}