{"product_id":"in-the-drink-9780385720212","title":"In the Drink","description":"In this compassionate, wise, and comical debut, Kate Christensen gives an engaging and authentic voice to a new generation of single urban women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaudia Steiner never intended for her life to become such a disaster. At the age of twenty-nine she finds herself serving as secretary to an insane, aging socialite who barks orders from her toilet, specializes in devastating backhanded remarks, and expects Claudia to ghostwrite her best-selling novels. Her job pays enough to keep her in overpriced cocktails, cabs, and take-out but doesn't cover the rent on her roach-infested apartment or keep her creditors at bay. Her romantic prospects are no better. She's hopelessly in love with her best friend, a corporate lawyer who may or may not be gay, and she's still relentlessly pursued by her ex-lover, a married unpublished epic poet. All Claudia can rely on--aside from her wry sense of humor and her faith in the medicinal properties of whiskey--is a persistent little flame of belief in herself, which gives her the glimmer of a chance for a happy ending.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Christensen lives in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917660164370,"sku":"9780385720212","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fcac85ab-8b36-48b8-95a9-8076a3916901.jpg?v=1738868786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-drink-9780385720212","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}