{"product_id":"book-edlc","title":"Should We Stay or Should We Go","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen\u003cbr\u003eher father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily\u003cbr\u003eeroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one’s own father passing should never come as such a relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril\u003cbr\u003ehave seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in\u003cbr\u003etheir early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die\u003cbr\u003ewith dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. To spare\u003cbr\u003ethemselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they\u003cbr\u003eshould agree to commit\u003cbr\u003esuicide together once they’ve both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades\u003cbr\u003etogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut\u003cbr\u003ethen they turn eighty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious\u003cbr\u003eand touching, playful and grave, \u003cem\u003eShould We Stay or Should We Go\u003c\/em\u003e portrays\u003cbr\u003etwelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril. Were\u003cbr\u003ethey to cut life artificially short, what would they miss out\u003cbr\u003eon? Something terrific? Or something terrible? Might they end up\u003cbr\u003ein a home? A fabulous luxury retirement village, or a \u003cem\u003eCuckoo’s Nest\u003c\/em\u003e sort of home? Might being demented end up being\u003cbr\u003erather fun? What future for humanity awaits—the end of civilization, or a\u003cbr\u003eValhalla of peace and prosperity? What if cryogenics were really to work? What\u003cbr\u003eif scientists finally cure aging?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth timely\u003cbr\u003eand timeless, Lionel Shriver addresses serious themes—the compromises\u003cbr\u003eof longevity, the challenge of living a long life and still going out in style—with\u003cbr\u003ean uncannily light touch. Weaving in a\u003cbr\u003ehost of contemporary issues, from Brexit and mass migration to the coronavirus,\u003cbr\u003eShriver has pulled off a rollicking page-turner in which we never have to mourn\u003cbr\u003eperished characters, because they’ll be alive and kicking in the very next\u003cbr\u003echapter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344069959984,"sku":"BDedlc","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344069992752,"sku":"ZEedlc","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344070025520,"sku":"ZMedlc","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/edlc-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776493485","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-edlc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}