{"product_id":"the-babysitter-at-rest-paperback","title":"The Babysitter at Rest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJen George\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I'm so happy this collection exists. I feel drunk with love for these stories. They're so funny and weird and true.\" --Sheila Heti \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Five stories―several as long as novellas―introduce the world to Jen George, a writer whose furiously imaginative new voice calls to mind Donald Barthelme and Leonora Carrington no less than Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus. In \"Guidance\/The Party,\" an ethereal alcoholic \"Guide\" in robes and flowing hair appears to help a thirty-three-year-old woman prepare a party for her belated adulthood; \"Take Care of Me Forever\" tragically lambasts the medical profession as a ship of fools afloat in loneliness and narcissism; \"Instruction\" chronicles a season in an unconventional art school called The Warehouse, where students divide their time between orgies, art critiques, and burying dead racehorses. Combining slapstick, surrealism, erotica, and social criticism, Jen George's sprawling creative energy belies the secret precision and unexpected tenderness of everything she writes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen George\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Thousand Oaks, California. \u003ci\u003eThe Babysitter at Rest\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772781134112,"sku":"9780997366624","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cd3d18dc62dc3d3f198742f1d15ffe3c.webp?v=1780414111","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-babysitter-at-rest-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}