{"product_id":"mood-swings-paperback-2","title":"Mood Swings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrankie Barnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Yes, \u003ci\u003eMood Swings\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about tech moguls and the collapse of society. Yes, maybe it's an 'internet novel.' But it's also so much more than that. And isn't that lovely, to find a book that transcends its buzzwords? Isn't it beautiful for a work of art to prove you wrong?\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eSarah Rose Etter, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For fans of Patricia Lockwood's \u003ci\u003eNo One Is Talking About This\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). An off-kilter, hauntingly hilarious debut novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] bonkers story . . . Despite the sobering material, this is a hoot.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a California billionaire who's promised a time machine that will make everything normal again--whatever that means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone knows something's off, but nobody can agree on just what it is. Maybe it's the weather; maybe everyone's just so damn sensitive these days. Or maybe it's because the animals of the world have finally had enough, besieging towns and cities and terrorizing their human residents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJenlena and her best friend Daphne are two humanities grads in their early 20s, trying to find their way in a society that has just eradicated all animals for the safety of humanity. In the post-fauna world, Jenlena transforms from an aspiring poet to a gig worker, capitalizing on other people's grief by selling house plants that have come to replace pets and cosplaying as dogs for pay. Meanwhile Daphne, a once-promising student, flounders in a deep depression, smoking weed and ditching work to hang out with her once famous, now canceled boyfriend. When Jenlena meets the California billionaire Roderick Maeve, and the two become romantically entangled, she is exposed to a new understanding of wealth, power, and the gender economy--just as the world hurtles toward its alleged salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarked with Frankie Barnet's poignant intelligence and sly sense of humor, \u003ci\u003eMood Swings\u003c\/i\u003e is a stand-out debut novel that imagines with pitch-perfect absurdity what comes after life as we know it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrankie Barnet is the author of a story collection, \u003ci\u003eAn Indoor Kind of Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming graphic literary novel \u003ci\u003eKim: A Novel Idea\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Metatron Press in Canada. Her fiction has been published in places such as \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvent Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Best Canadian Stories anthology\u003c\/i\u003e of both 2016 and 2019. She has an MFA from Syracuse University and lives in Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157836464191,"sku":"9781662603129","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/MJ4yYFC1Zw9781662603129.webp?v=1776984724","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mood-swings-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}