{"product_id":"not-the-apocalypse-i-was-hoping-for-paperback","title":"Not the Apocalypse I Was Hoping for - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslie Greentree\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Leslie Greentree presents fourteen short stories in this dark, often funny, deeply compelling collection that asks how we locate, create, and avoid meaning in our lives. These are stories about people and relationships challenged by death and redeemed by art. Satirical, political, personal, and tender, they take us to funerals, protests, art galleries, to the dark side of the service industry, and through cities on fire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn actress turns her terminal cancer diagnosis into an art installation; a boy's attempt at a practical joke derails his grandfather's funeral; a mother discovers she may care more for her sick dog than her newborn son; a man watches his dream of becoming a #hero burn with the city around him; a teacher befriends a gargoyle; a coalition of women fighting for bodily autonomy turn to the ultimate shock-performance protest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking on the social collective, the performance of death, the political battleground, and the search for existential happiness with fearlessness and verve, \u003cem\u003eNot the Apocalypse I Was Hoping For\u003c\/em\u003e is full of sharp observation, irreverence, wit, and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Greentree\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the award-winning short story collection \u003cem\u003eA Minor Planet for You\u003c\/em\u003e. Her second book of poetry, \u003cem\u003ego-go dancing for Elvis\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Leslie co-wrote the play \u003cem\u003eOral Fixations\u003c\/em\u003e with her life partner Blaine Newton, which was produced in 2014 by Ignition Theatre. She has won CBC literary competitions for poetry and fiction, and has been shortlisted for Writer's Guild of Alberta and Humber Creative Nonfiction awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549299175731,"sku":"9781773853697","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Y3hNdlNKSHhQUFpha3g0RWljMTQwdz09.webp?v=1761044326","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/not-the-apocalypse-i-was-hoping-for-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}