{"product_id":"9780007162512_hey-nostradamus","title":"Hey Nostradamus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, Hey Nostradamus! is Douglas Coupland’s most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles her last will and testament – and erie premonition – on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst and religious zeal in the ensuing massacre's wake, this sleepy Vancouver neighbourhood declares its saints, brands its demons and finally moves on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut for a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains perpetually derailed. Four dramatically different characters tell their stories in their own words: Cheryl, who calmly narrates her own death; Jason, the boy no one knew was her husband, still marooned ten years later by his loss; Heather, the woman trying to love the shattered Jason; and Jason's father Reg, a cruelly religious man no one suspects is still worth loving. Each wrestles with God, self-defeat and a crippling inability to hold on to those they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoupland's most surprising and soulful novel yet, rich with his trademark cultural acuity and dark humour, Hey Nostradamus! ties themes of alienation, violence and misguided faith into a fateful and unforgettable knot from which four people must untangle their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas Coupland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895135293589,"sku":"9780007162512","price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007162512_cd2f4891-14a6-4cae-b6b3-91f4e034fbc9.jpg?v=1776888296","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007162512_hey-nostradamus","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}