{"product_id":"at-last-count","title":"At Last Count","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS FEATURED IN \u003ci\u003eTORONTO STAR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZOOMER MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e, AND ON \u003ci\u003eCBC'S ONTARIO MORNING\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eGLOBAL TV\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who love Mark Haddon, Miriam Toews, and Sally Rooney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePaisley Ratchford is trying to keep it together, but in eight weeks, the Toronto apartment building she lives in will be demolished. A last-ditch effort to reclaim her abandoned childhood home on Amherst Island plunges Paisley into memories of growing up in the tight-knit community, and into the obsessive compulsive disorder that has only ever offered a semblance of control. Her compulsion to count in sets of eight had little effect on thwarting bullies, her father’s bad luck, and her mother’s mental illness—all of which return to haunt her.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen help arrives in the form of Paisley’s old classmate and tormentor Garnet Mulligan, her predicament only worsens. For a shot at a future, Paisley needs to stare down her past, including all the habits that have stopped her from thriving. \u003ci\u003eAt Last Count\u003c\/i\u003e is a wise and often laugh-out-loud funny tale that proves we don’t always need to believe everything our brain tells us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Ross Dunn (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53300934148390,"sku":"9781988784953","price":20.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/4221\/5462\/files\/BNCImage_81.jpg?v=1780608547","url":"https:\/\/hopelessromanticbooks.ca\/products\/at-last-count","provider":"Hopeless Romantic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}