{"product_id":"what-are-you-going-through-9780593191422","title":"What Are You Going Through","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY NPR, \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2020\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR \u003ci\u003eTHE ROOM NEXT DOOR\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRING JULIANNE MOORE AND TILDA SWINTON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As good as \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, if not better.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Impossible to put down . . . leavened with wit and tenderness.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I was dazed by the novel's grace.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling, National Book Award\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend \u003c\/i\u003ebrings her singular voice to a story about the meaning of life and death, and the value of companionship \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to talk about themselves and to have an audience to their experiences. The narrator orchestrates this chorus of voices for the most part as a passive listener, until one of them makes an extraordinary request, drawing her into an intense and transformative experience of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through\u003c\/i\u003e, Nunez brings wisdom, humor, and insight to a novel about human connection and the changing nature of relationships in our times. A surprising story about empathy and the unusual ways one person can help another through hardship, her book offers a moving and provocative portrait of the way we live now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eA Feather on the Breath of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Her Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of several awards, including the National Book Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Guggenheim. Her books have been translated into thirty languages. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603467637010,"sku":"9780593191422","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_457c1606-bdfd-46c1-b16c-b1461080e5cb.jpg?v=1732246672","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-are-you-going-through-9780593191422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}