{"product_id":"disappearing-acts-9780451209139","title":"Disappearing Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Terry McMillan comes an honest look at a modern romance, from love at first sight to painful reality to working toward a happy ending....\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFranklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker and a not-quite-divorced dad of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, and songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this funny, gritty love story, Franklin and Zora join the ranks of fiction's most compelling couples as they move from Scrabble to sex, from layoffs to the limits of faith and trust. \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is about the mystery of desire and the burdens of the past. It's about respect--what it can and can't survive. And it's about the safe and secret places that only love can find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGetting to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Stella Got Her Groove Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Day Late and a Dollar Short\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Interruption of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Asked You?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMama\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Almost Forgot About You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt's Not All Downhill From Here\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620046606610,"sku":"9780451209139","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ad074c2-0151-444b-ae60-c7eaab8e382b.jpg?v=1732559614","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/disappearing-acts-9780451209139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}