On Earth as It Is on Television
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On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
In Emily Jane's rollicking debut, when spaceships arrive and then depart suddenly without a word, the certainty that we are not alone in the universe turns to intense uncertainty as to our place within it. Weird and sweet . like a 2020s White Noise: loud and colorful Americana with a sprinkle of apocalyptic doom.--Edgar CanteroHeartfelt, witty, and secretly romantic . a delightful and poignant story about what it is to be human, and what we owe each other. --Christina Lauren Since long before the spaceships' fleeting presence, Blaine has been content to go along with the whims of his supermom wife and half-feral, television-addicted children. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they're aliens, and his wife drags them all on a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack. Half a continent away, Heather floats in a Malibu pool and watches the massive ships hover overhead. Maybe her life is finally going to start. For her, the arrival heralds a quest to understand herself, her accomplished (and oh-so-annoying) stepfamily, and why she feels so alone in a universe teeming with life. Suddenly conscious and alert after twenty catatonic years, Oliver struggles to piece together his fragmented, disco-infused memories and make sense of his desire to follow a strange cat on a westward journey. Embracing the strangeness that is life in the twenty-first century, On Earth as It Is on Television is a rollicking, heartfelt tale of first contact that practically leaps off the planet.
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ISBN 13 | 9781368092999 |
ISBN 10 | 1368092993 |
Title | On Earth as It Is on Television |
Author | Emily Jane |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Hyperion |
Year published | 2023-06-13 |
Number of pages | 352 |
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