{"product_id":"should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-a-novel","title":"Should We Stay or Should We Go: A Novel","description":"When\nher father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily\neroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief.\nBoth medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril\nhave seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in\ntheir early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die\nwith dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. To spare\nthemselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they\nshould agree to commit\nsuicide together once they’ve both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades\ntogether.\nBut\nthen they turn eighty.\nBy turns hilarious\nand touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays\ntwelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril. Were\nthey to cut life artificially short, what would they miss out\non? Something terrific? Or something terrible? Might they end up\nin a home? A fabulous luxury retirement village, or a Cuckoo’s Nest sort of home? Might being demented end up being\nrather fun? What future for humanity awaits—the end of civilization, or a\nValhalla of peace and prosperity? What if cryogenics were really to work? What\nif scientists finally cure aging?\nBoth timely\nand timeless, Lionel Shriver addresses serious themes—the compromises\nof longevity, the challenge of living a long life and still going out in style—with\nan uncannily light touch. Weaving in a\nhost of contemporary issues, from Brexit and mass migration to the coronavirus,\nShriver has pulled off a rollicking page-turner in which we never have to mourn\nperished characters, because they’ll be alive and kicking in the very next\nchapter.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006309424X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGY3009TVU_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shriver, Lionel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41387247140922,"sku":"4EKGY3009TVU_ns","price":4.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/006309424X-0.jpg?v=1777657266","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}