{"product_id":"in-the-age-of-love-and-chocolate-9781250050717","title":"In the Age of Love and Chocolate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin's \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Age of Love and Chocolate\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of growing up and learning what love really is.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll These Things I've Done\u003c\/i\u003e, the first novel in the Birthright series, introduced us to timeless heroine Anya Balanchine, a plucky sixteen-year-old with the heart of a girl and the responsibilities of a grown woman. Now eighteen, life has been more bitter than sweet for Anya. She has lost her parents and her grandmother, and has spent the better part of her high school years in trouble with the law. Perhaps hardest of all, her decision to open a nightclub with her old nemesis Charles Delacroix has cost Anya her relationship with Win. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, it is Anya's nature to soldier on. She puts the loss of Win behind her and focuses on her work. Against the odds, the nightclub becomes an enormous success, and Anya feels like she is on her way and that nothing will ever go wrong for her again. But after a terrible misjudgment leaves Anya fighting for her life, she is forced to reckon with her choices and to let people help her for the first time in her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabrielle Zevin\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and internationally best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry\u003c\/i\u003e, which is now a motion picture, and \u003ci\u003eYoung Jane Young\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the best books of the year, according to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, the \u003ci\u003eHollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets. Her novels have been translated into forty languages. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670622179602,"sku":"9781250050717","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26a04749-d9b7-4deb-a9c1-e42c56c2d533.jpg?v=1733785446","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-age-of-love-and-chocolate-9781250050717","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}