Heti's novel documents the unconventional and difficult friendship between two Canadian women, a young playwright named Sheila and a visual artist named Margaux.
It's interesting how many of the books on this list have been made into or optioned as films: the unconventional or difficult love story is more a staple of the screen than the page.
As one half of Number 9 films, the independent production company she formed in 2004 with her British husband, Stephen Woolley (also an acclaimed producer and director), Karlsen has long championed more unconventional or difficult stories, be it child abuse in Hollow Reed or transgender characters and prostitution in Breakfast on Pluto.
An unconventional and difficult romance but an honest one.
However, Voodoos unconventional sound proved difficult to translate into singles suited for contemporary radio success, in contrast to the more accessible Brown Sugar.
To describe more or less difficult unconventional gas production, the following parameters were varied above and below the base case: Ultimate recovery: the more gas is recovered from a well, the smaller the contribution of well drilling and fracturing to the emissions intensity per unit of gas produced.
While the effectiveness of such unconventional measures has been difficult to measure, the majority of economists think they have proved superior to a counterfactual policy of doing nothing.
But the reality is that unconventional monetary policy is difficult, perceived as risky, and never pursued with the vigor of conventional monetary policy.
Without access to water, and the ability to safely dispose of it after use, unconventional drilling becomes strategically difficult to carry out or approve from a policymaking perspective.
However, extraction and refining of oil from these unconventional sources is more difficult – and thus more expensive – contributing to higher prices [ 13, 14, 18, 19].
