{"product_id":"your-driver-is-waiting-9780593469330","title":"Your Driver Is Waiting","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire--a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970s film \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e--a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security...until she decides she's done waiting. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut.\" --Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eJoan is Okay \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChemistry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDamani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city is roiling in protests--everybody's in solidarity with somebody--but while she keeps hearing that they're fighting for change on behalf of \u003ci\u003epeople like her, \u003c\/i\u003e she literally can't afford to pay attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen she gives a ride to Jolene (five stars, obviously). Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend--attentive, attractive, an ally--and their chemistry is off the charts. Jolene's done the reading, she goes to every protest, and she says all the right things. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that's holding her back: she's never dated anyone with money before, not to mention a white girl with money. But just as their romance intensifies and Damani finally lets her guard down, Jolene does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wild, one-sitting read brimming with dark comedy, and piercing social commentary and announcing Priya Guns's feverishly original voice, \u003ci\u003eYour Driver Is Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRIYA GUNS\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an actor and writer previously published in short story anthologies, \u003ci\u003egal-dem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpring \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and anonymously in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Creative Writing graduate from Kingston University.\u003ci\u003e Your Driver Is Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591402950930,"sku":"9780593469330","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e33c0ee4-f042-4dc9-a141-7fc2696bc532.jpg?v=1732090527","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/your-driver-is-waiting-9780593469330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}