{"product_id":"aphelia-9781550655193","title":"Aphelia","description":"Montreal is in the grips of one of its summer heat waves, when searing temperatures have a way of making its residents cast aside their better judgment. A young twenty-something works the night shift at a call center, her only company the disembodied voices of the customers who call in to complain. She spends her night off drinking with her friend Louis at \"their\" bar, while her successful boyfriend sleeps. His career allows her the pleasures of his spacious, modern condo, a new existence. She likes feeling undefined, still up for grabs, even as the middle-class trappings of her relationship threaten to shape her. In the stifling humidity of such surroundings, her life is turned upside down when she grows obsessed with Mia, a beautiful woman she meets one night at the bar. Then there's the woman who's gone missing, whose face is constantly on screens across the city. How can she stem the drift away from her relationship, she worries, when her former lover B., who was both violent and magnetic, is always in her thoughts? All these orbits are set to collide, as the heat wave shows no sign of breaking and emotions reach record highs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12456455\"\u003eMikella Nicol\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Esplanade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550655193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550655191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikella Nicol\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eLes filles bleues de l'été\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAphelia\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Montreal where she works as a librarian. \u003cb\u003eLesley Trites\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eA Three-Tiered Pastel Dream \u003c\/i\u003e(Véhicule Press, 2017) and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eechoic mimic\u003c\/i\u003e (Invisible Publishing, 2011). Winner of the 2016 3Macs carte blanche Prize, she lives in Montreal, where she is the associate editor of the \u003ci\u003eMontreal Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Esplanade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43305301967085,"sku":"9781550655193","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5d81f783-851c-48e8-913b-982100074cdb.jpg?v=1662783535","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/aphelia-9781550655193","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}