{"product_id":"toxic-shock-and-other-family-gatherings-9781068840708","title":"Toxic Shock and Other Family Gatherings","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen darkly funny stories that explore hoser culture, coming of age in gravel pits, and parenting in the Sixth Extinction from author and filmmaker Jude Klassen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories of Toxic Shock and Other Family Gatherings span the country, three decades, and multiple incarnations of their common protagonist, Kerry Wiebe. In the tragically funny \"Big-Snouted Dog\" Kerry is terrified and flattered as she is crudely singled out as the Crotch of the Day by an older teen at a basement NYE party. In the poignant \"The Not-So-Secret Secret Life of Angus McFee\" Kerry discovers her ex-boyfriend has fathered a secret baby when the infant is thrust into her arms by the triumphant mother. \"Pride of Alaska\" takes Kerry into the belly of a low-rent ocean liner as an apprentice to the popular girls while they fend off the middle-aged crew on their field trip to visit the fish factories of the northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in the wilds of BC by a practicing Catholic mother and an ex-Mennonite father, Kerry is the baby, and lone left-leaner, in a large, messy family. From her redneck beginnings in the lush, claustrophobic Fraser Valley to the smog, gridlock, and glamour of Toronto, Kerry continues her struggle to evolve in a world bent on self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Judecast Productions Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911062393106,"sku":"9781068840708","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a951505-8e10-471e-91dd-dd071f3c06d7.jpg?v=1738727392","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/toxic-shock-and-other-family-gatherings-9781068840708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}