{"product_id":"the-survivalistsbooks","title":"The Survivalists","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Phenomenal Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A great and engrossing read, Kashana humanizes a way of life that is often made fun of and makes the reader understand why someone would go to such great lengths to prepare for the future, so much so she almost sold me on those Life Preserver soy bars!” —Trevor Noah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A single Black lawyer puts her career and personal moral code at risk when she moves in with her coffee entrepreneur boyfriend and his doomsday-prepping roommates in a novel that's packed with tension, curiosity, humor, and wit from a writer with serious comedy credentials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of her parents’ death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life—success—until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy-traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one of selling guns and training for a doomsday that’s maybe just around the corner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Victor LaValle’s \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Beatty’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e, and Zakiya Harris’s \u003ci\u003eThe Other Black Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Survivalists\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly humorous novel from a smart and relevant new literary voice that's packed with tension, curiosity and wit, and unafraid to ask the questions most relevant to a new generation of Americans: Does it make sense to climb the corporate ladder? What exactly are the politics of gun ownership? And in a world where it’s nearly impossible for young people to earn enough money to afford stable housing, what does it take in order to survive?","brand":"Cauley, Kashana","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44077451477216,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a2d3a305-2199-4bbc-bc54-aff175ec656b.jpg?v=1688662623","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-survivalistsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}