{"product_id":"buying-on-time-again-9781738993369","title":"Buying on Time Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A moving and entertaining collection of short stories... that has the unified feel and trajectory of a novel.\" (\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by the middle child of an East European family who fled to a Toronto suburb after the war, Antanas Sileika's esteemed collection could be about any Canadian family in the '50s and '60s -- if they had an outhouse on their suburban lot and lived underground while plotting revenge on their English-speaking neighbours. Together, these touching, hilarious stories make up a powerful chronicle of a place and a time, a close-knit community, and most of all, a family: three boys, a long-suffering mother, and a strangely lovable pipe-smoking, English-mangling father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1997, when it was a finalist for the Leacock Medal for Humour and the Toronto Book Award, \u003ci\u003eBuying on Time\u003c\/i\u003e has become a favourite of Canadian readers and a staple of this country's immigrant fiction. Now updated and featuring a previously uncollected story, \u003ci\u003eBuying on Time Again\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to move and delight a whole new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSileika, Antanas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAntanas Sileika is the author of six works of fiction and two personal histories, including most recently the novel \u003ci\u003eSome Unfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e. The first edition of \u003ci\u003eBuying on Time\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and his novel \u003ci\u003eProvisionally Yours\u003c\/i\u003e has been adapted for both film and television. Beyond writing fiction, Sileika worked as a journalist and taught for many years at Humber College, eventually becoming director of the Humber School for Writers. He is now retired and lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stonehewer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720975909138,"sku":"9781738993369","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7aec8cbf-b58f-4296-98e2-f015a7823913.jpg?v=1762944057","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buying-on-time-again-9781738993369","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}