{"product_id":"my-dear-you-stories-9780593803691","title":"My Dear You: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eReal Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it's so easy to be someone else\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eMy Dear You\u003c\/i\u003e find themselves facing extraordinary choices in scenarios that range from the everyday to the absurd: The U.S. government injects all citizens with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and gender. God does away with humans in favor of something much better. A woman adopts a cat who conjures the ghosts of her ex-loves. A factory worker decides to befriend a sex doll she is tasked with selling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories go deep beneath the surface, touching on the particular awkwardness of dating in your thirties and asking: What does it mean to be an Asian woman in America? Or an American? Or a human? Along the way, the characters stop to consider interventions from the supernatural, the earthly, the robotic, and the immortal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlayful, profane, and yet enveloped with profound compassion for life, however you define it, \u003ci\u003eMy Dear You\u003c\/i\u003e takes on dating, marriage, and the pressures of having or not having children; intimacy, memory, race, and capitalism; living, dying, and being dead. At their very core, they are tales of love in its many forms: being in love when you're not supposed to be, or not being in love but wishing you were; failing at dating apps or finding yourself in weird but wonderful lifelong friendships; struggling in heaven to remember your loved ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the sinister to the tender, these witty and expertly paced stories will have you laughing out loud one minute and reaching for your best friend the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Khong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593803691","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44652757778477,"sku":"9780593803691","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_0dd5192f-77eb-4b75-91a8-03398c1f348b.jpg?v=1772419342","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/my-dear-you-stories-9780593803691","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}