{"product_id":"how-it-works-out-9781419773518","title":"How It Works Out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring.\" --GEORGE SAUNDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Madcap, delirious, exhilaratingly good.\" --KELLY LINK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A delightfully bizarre and unabashedly queer revelation.\" --TEGAN and SARA QUIN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully brilliant, hilariously sad stunner of a debut that never forgets about the heart.\" --NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if you had the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003echance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam's depression was Allison's flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker--or sexier--would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of violence that unravels the fantasy, each reality builds to complete a brilliant, painfully funny portrait of love's many promises and perils. \u003cp\u003e Equal parts sexy and profane, unsentimental, and gut-wrenching, \u003ci\u003eHow It Works Out\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-bending, arresting, uncanny exploration of queerness, love, and our drive for connection, in any and all possible worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Myriam LaCroix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419773518","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706737004681,"sku":"9781419773518","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_07a18b02-df89-4c2e-9746-cd7125240f1f.jpg?v=1719464262","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/how-it-works-out-9781419773518","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}