{"product_id":"the-regrets-hardcover","title":"The Regrets - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Bonnaffons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's \"dazzling,\" wildly inventive \"miracle of a love story\" about an affair between the living and the dead (\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead.\u003cbr\u003eStuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to \"cross over\" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth, during which time he is forbidden to get involved with a member of the living -- lest he incur \"regrets.\" When Thomas and Rachel break this rule, they unleash a cascade of bizarre, troubling consequences.\u003cbr\u003eSet in the hallucinatory borderland between life and death, \u003ci\u003eThe Regrets\u003c\/i\u003e is a gloriously strange and breathtakingly sexy exploration of love, the cataclysmic power of fantasies, and the painful, exhilarating work of waking up to reality, told with uncommon grace and humor by a visionary artist at the height of her imaginative power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Bonnaffons's\u003c\/b\u003e work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places, and has been read on \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003e7x7.la\u003c\/i\u003e, an online journal that publishes collaborations between writers and visual artists. She holds an MFA from NYU and currently lives in Athens, GA, where she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685318823999,"sku":"9780316516167","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6bcc2ae56f50197152274a4f62591cd0.webp?v=1764970605","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-regrets-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}