{"title":"Meryl Branch-McTiernan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeryl Branch-McTiernan\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts intimate stories that explore the complexities of human relationships and the subtle tensions that shape everyday life. Her fiction delves into themes of family, fear, and the quiet moments where beneath the surface, profound transformations occur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect narratives that are both emotionally resonant and thoughtfully paced, with a keen eye for detail and an empathetic voice. Her work invites reflection on what truly matters, examining the worries and hopes that quietly influence our choices and connections.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"what-you-should-worry-about-by-meryl-branch-mctiernan-9781636143088","title":"What You Should Worry About","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat You Should Worry About\u003c\/em\u003e is literary, feminist, sexual, brave, smart, and hilarious. Meryl Branch-McTiernan is a real voice of our city and time.\" - Jennifer Belle, author of \u003cem\u003eSwanna in Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's January of 2020 and thirty-seven-year-old Layla Moody is trying to worm her way into a party at the Sundance Film Festival. When she's not picking up other people's abandoned drinks or skinny-dipping in the hot tub, she's trying to gain access to someone who can jump-start her stymied career as a Hollywood television writer. After a run-in with one of her creative heroines, she lands an opportunity to get her show produced. The only catch is, she has to return to New York, which she's been avoiding since her father's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut soon all is thwarted when COVID-19 shuts down the entertainment industry and any opportunity to propel her life forward. While quarantining alone in her parents' apartment in Queens, she wrestles with the ghost of an ex-boyfriend who disappeared unexpectedly, the grief of processing the loss of her father, and the notion that she just might be the one responsible for her current state of solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, in spite of warnings and stay-at-home orders, she throws caution to the wind and joins a share house on Fire Island where she spent summers in her twenties. By returning to the house and its eclectic denizens, she is reintroduced to the comfort and annoying tendencies of other people, and begins to grasp how to find family on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650601042156,"sku":"9781636143088","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781636143088-what-you-should-worry-about.jpg?v=1779329456"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/meryl-branch-mctiernan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}