{"product_id":"on-earth-as-it-is-on-television","title":"On Earth as It Is on Television","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Weird and sweet ... like a 2020s White Noise: loud and colorful Americana with a sprinkle of apocalyptic doom.\"--Edgar Cantero \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heartfelt, witty, and secretly romantic ... a delightful and poignant story about what it is to be human, and what we owe each other.\" --Christina Lauren \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmbracing the strangeness that is life in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eOn Earth as It Is on Television\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking, heartfelt tale of first contact that practically leaps off the planet.","brand":"Hyperion Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942045286631,"sku":"9781368101202","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_127107a5-acaf-45fc-8c0d-9251474f9ea1.jpg?v=1775244341","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/on-earth-as-it-is-on-television","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}