{"product_id":"a-broken-people-s-playlist-stories-from-songs-isbn-9780063268197","title":"A Broken People's Playlist: Stories (from Songs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.”—Hari Kunzru, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis character-driven short story collection, \u003ci\u003eA Broken People’s Playlist\u003c\/i\u003e, is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks’s love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart—who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife; a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother; three friends who ponder penis captivus and one’s peculiar erectile dysfunction; a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfused with the author’s resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds “the depth of a novel” (Hari Kunzru); a character, a moment that will—like a favorite song—long linger in the heart and mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890649624805,"sku":"NP9780063268197","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063268197.jpg?v=1730233765","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-broken-people-s-playlist-stories-from-songs-isbn-9780063268197","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}