{"product_id":"are-you-enjoying-stories-paperback","title":"Are You Enjoying?: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMira Sethi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eEmotional, equally hilarious, and gutting. I couldn't put this book down because I'd been welcomed into the most intimate parts of these characters' lives.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eRupi Kaur, author of \u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in Pakistan with humor, compassion, psychological acuity, and emotional immediacy. Childhood best friends agree to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young woman with an anxiety disorder discovers the numbing pleasures of an illicit love affair. A radicalized student's preparations for his sister's wedding involve beating up the groom. An actress is forced to grow up fast on the set of her first major tv show, where the real intrigue takes place off-screen. Every story bears witness to the all-too-universal desire to be loved, and what happens when this longing gets pushed to its limits. \u003ci\u003eAre You Enjoying?\u003c\/i\u003e is a free-spirited, confident, indelible introduction to a galvanizing new talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIRA SETHI is an actor and a writer. She grew up in Lahore and attended Wellesley College, after which Sethi worked as a books editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e She has written op-ed pieces for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/i\u003e Sethi regularly appears in mainstream Pakistani drama series on television. She lives in Lahore, Karachi, and San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766271574304,"sku":"9780525434214","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3079387a87a1ac0ee91f2f5776e55d9.webp?v=1780288881","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/are-you-enjoying-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}