{"product_id":"all-things-seen-and-unseen-9781770417090","title":"All Things Seen and Unseen","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn incisive reflection on identity and wealth, and a refreshing racial queer story of survival\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Things Seen and Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e follows Alex Nguyen, an isolated, chronically ill university student in her early 20s. After a suicide attempt and subsequent lengthy hospitalization, she finds herself without a job, kicked out of campus housing, unable to afford school, and still struggling in the aftermath of a relationship's dissolution. Hope comes in the form of a rich high school friend who offers Alex a job housesitting at her family's empty summer mansion on a gulf island. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurrounded by dense forest and ocean, in the increasingly oppressive heat of a 2010s summer, Alex must try to survive as an outsider in a remote, insular community; to navigate the awkward, unexpected beginnings of a possible new romance; and to live through the trauma she has repressed to survive, even as the memories -- and a series of increasingly unnerving events -- threaten to pull her back under the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRJ McDaniel \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, at least for now. Their essays on baseball and other topics have been featured in \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM\u003c\/i\u003e, and VICE Sports, among others. They live in Vancouver. This is their debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615402103058,"sku":"9781770417090","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d7e7865-8e31-44df-998e-1d06527029a0.jpg?v=1732484710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-things-seen-and-unseen-9781770417090","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}