{"product_id":"housemates-1","title":"Housemates","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Copley Eisenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Best Book of the Year:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebutiful •\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOne of \"BookTok’s Most-Talked About Books of The Year\" (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTwo young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in this “exceptional, keenly observed meditation on art and love” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) in a fractured America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it feel like, standing in the moments that will mark your life?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Bernie replies to Leah’s ad for a new housemate in Philadelphia, the two begin an intense and defiantly uncategorizable friendship based on a mutual belief in their art, and one another. Both aspire to capture the world around them: Leah through her writing; Bernie through her photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Bernie’s former photography professor, the renowned yet tarnished Daniel Dunn, dies and leaves her a complicated inheritance, Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie to his home in rural Pennsylvania, turning the jaunt into a road trip with an ambitious mission: to document America through words and photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat ensues is a journey into the heart of the nation, bringing the housemates into conversation with people from all walks of life—“the absurd dreamers and failures of this wide, wide country”—as they try to make sense of the times they are living in. Along the way, Leah and Bernie discover what it means to chase their own ideas and dreams, and to embrace what they are capable of both romantically and artistically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWarm and insightful, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHousemates\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a story of youth and freedom—a glorious celebration of queer life, and how art and love might save us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49821575414046,"sku":"9780593242254","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9780593242254.jpg?v=1747925812","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/housemates-1","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}