{"product_id":"9781529155365","title":"My Dear You","description":"Author: Khong, Rachel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529155365\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe probing and irrepressibly poignant debut short story collection from Rachel Khong, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling REAL AMERICANS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Incandescent and explosive and compassionate all at once' \u003c\/b\u003eBRYAN WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rachel Khong is one of our best observers of the human condition'\u003c\/b\u003e RITA BULLWINKEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, effortless' \u003c\/b\u003eAIMEE BENDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling REAL AMERICANS comes a playful, richly inquisitive collection exploring the connections and disruptions which define us. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout MY DEAR YOU, normal people go through extraordinary transformations. A government injects its people with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and gender. A factory worker develops an unlikely friendship with the artificially intelligent sex doll she is tasked with training. God decides that humanity is a lost cause and gives each person 24 hours to decide in which animal form they will spend the rest of their days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, characters are confronted with supernatural and otherworldly interventions, as well as the earthly, human concerns that shape our daily lives- capitalism and race, intimacy, memory, and mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlayful and tender, dark and witty, each of these stories is infused with a profound sense of compassion. They express a powerful curiosity about the human experience, and the inescapable choices that meet us all- to have or not have children; to pursue connections with others in spite of life's impermanence; how to live - and live well.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Rachel Khong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mesmerizing' \u003cb\u003eBRIT BENNETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gorgeous, heartfelt, soaring, philosophical and deft' \u003cb\u003eANDREW SEAN GREER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Traverses time with verve and feeling' \u003cb\u003eRAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A page turner'\u003cb\u003e HA JIN\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46886550372510,"sku":"UBD-9781529155365","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529155365.jpg?v=1779948144","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529155365","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}