{"product_id":"hunger-point-9780060989231","title":"Hunger Point","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[An] unusually honest, painfully funny novel about a tight-knit family's struggle.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My parents may love me, but I also know they view me as a houseguest who is turning a weekend stay into an all-expense-paid, lifelong residency, and who (to their horror) constantly forgets to flush the toilet and shut off the lights.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-six-year-old Frannie Hunter has just moved back home. Bright, wry, blunt, and irreverent, she invites you to witness her family's unraveling. Her Harvard-bound sister is anorexic, her mother is having an affair, her father is obsessed with the Food Network, and her grandfather wants to plan her wedding (even though she has no fiancé, let alone a steady boyfriend). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns wickedly funny and heartbreakingly bittersweet, \u003cem\u003eHunger Point\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Frannie's triumph over her own self-destructive tendencies, and offers a powerful exploration of the complex relationships that bind together a contemporary American family. You will never forget Frannie, a \"sultry, suburban Holden Caulfield,\" whom critics have called \"the most fully realized character to come along in years,\" (\u003cem\u003ePaper\u003c\/em\u003e) nor will you forget \u003cem\u003eHunger Point, \u003c\/em\u003e an utterly original novel that stuns with its amazing insights and dazzles with its fresh, distinctive voice.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedoff, Jillian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJillian Medoff \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eI Couldn't Love You More\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Life or Death Committee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Bright and Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Girls Gone Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHunger Point\u003c\/i\u003e. A former fellow at MacDowell, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA, and Fundación Valparaiso, she has an MFA from NYU. In addition to writing fiction, Jillian has a long career in management consulting and is currently a Senior Consultant at the Segal Group, where she advises clients on all aspects of the employee experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078169260306,"sku":"9780060989231","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac5ed063-5419-491d-8df2-79f157deedc2.jpg?v=1772532871","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hunger-point-9780060989231","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}