{"product_id":"9781771665230","title":"Drama Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the book fair in Rimouski, a woman picked up my first book to read the back cover. She put it back down, avoiding my eyes. It's heavy, cancer and death and all that. I wish books were more interactive. Like video game controllers. They could vibrate at the end of each chapter. But that's not how life works. I wonder what death is like. Do you vibrate? Do the words GAME OVER appear?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, Vickie Gendreau was diagnosed with a brain tumour and wrote a book narrating her own death. \u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e could have been Gendreau's first and only novel, but she kept writing, furiously, until the very end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished posthumously after Gendreau's death in 2013 at age 24, \u003ci\u003eDrama Queens\u003c\/i\u003e continues her exploration of illness and death that began in \u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e, but with even greater urgency and audacity. In her singular voice, Gendreau mixes genres and forms, moving from art installations to fantastical little films to poetry, returning again and again to a deeply raw and unflinching narrative of her increasingly difficult days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rage, dark humour, and boundless spirit and imagination, \u003ci\u003eDrama Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Aimee Wall, records the daily life of a young woman living with a failing body, the end in sight, and still so much to say.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46434994749681,"sku":"9781771665230","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781771665230_p0.jpg?v=1765529862","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771665230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}