{"product_id":"living-expenses-9781778430671","title":"Living Expenses","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the children of a single mother who immigrated from the Philippines, Laura and Claire have always been exceptionally close. That is, until Claire moves to San Francisco for a startup job in Silicon Valley while Laura and her husband remain in Toronto and decide to start a family. Enter the slow, hopeful, devastating process of fertility treatments. While Laura prepares for IVF, Claire has her own encounter with the fertility industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving Expenses\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates the strain that can accompany even the strongest of relationships, and captures the inevitable creep of technology into all facets of its characters' lives, from communication to reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVlassopoulos, Teri:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeri Vlassopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e has published two books, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eBats Or Swallows\u003c\/i\u003e (Invisible Publishing), which was nominated for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eEscape Plans\u003c\/i\u003e (Invisible Publishing). Her fiction and non-fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Quarantine Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpen Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She also publishes a regular Substack newsletter, Bibliographic. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Invisible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552830587154,"sku":"9781778430671","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f99abc4e-f9f7-4c50-b2a5-bc189c8b07fd.jpg?v=1754906789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-expenses-9781778430671","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}