{"product_id":"based-on-a-true-story-9781770893139","title":"Based on a True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA delectable satirical novel about celebrity culture, journalism, truth, lies, consequences -- about the fictions we tell ourselves and the fictions we tell others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers -- but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Frances Bleeker -- an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist -- tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover -- a journey that will require the reluctant help of Frances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Renzetti\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and for several years worked the London bureau. Her work has been anthologized in collections of essays, and she regularly appears as a radio and television commentator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433082982674,"sku":"9781770893139","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7532d9d-2966-492c-955d-e2075f83c93b.jpg?v=1729559078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/based-on-a-true-story-9781770893139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}