{"product_id":"death-by-culture-shock-9781963359237","title":"Death by Culture Shock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen grief blurs reality and pandemic warps the world, can love survive the ultimate culture shock?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kajal loses her father to an unexpected complication after surgery, her world fractures just as she's accepted into a prestigious graduate program, fulfilling the dream her father will never witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As grief twists her days and her father's ghost haunts her nights, Kajal finds herself drifting from Dale, her boyfriend of eleven years. Between caring for her mother in Harlem, the weight of her Pakistani-American heritage, and the magnetic pull of new relationships at school, the foundations of her identity begin to shift beneath her feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then a global pandemic descends on New York City, transforming the landscape of their lives just as surely as Kajal's personal crisis has transformed her. With people literally taking flight above the city streets and the boundaries between reality and imagination blurring, Kajal and Dale must decide whether to evolve together or apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this haunting debut that weaves magical realism with raw emotional truth, \u003cem\u003eDeath by Culture Shock\u003c\/em\u003e explores how we rebuild ourselves in the aftermath of loss-and whether the connections that defined our past can survive the shock of an unrecognizable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColgan, Kyle S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kyle S. Colgan is a New York City native and filmmaker-turned-novelist. He holds a BFA in Directing from the School of Visual Arts and is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at City College. With several short films and a feature to his credit, Death by Culture Shock marks his literary debut. He lives in Harlem with his wife and cat.","brand":"Volossal Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623882293522,"sku":"9781963359237","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68cb4927-0e5d-4f59-8ad2-66c3e0e592d9.jpg?v=1758647523","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-by-culture-shock-9781963359237","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}