{"product_id":"jamesland-9780375713132","title":"Jamesland","description":"\u003cb\u003eJamesland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe buoyant second novel by Michelle Huneven, critically acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eRound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRock\u003c\/b\u003e, is a witty, sophisticated, and deeply humane comedy of unlikely redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen thirty-three-year-old Alice Black discovers a deer in her dining room after fighting with her boyfriend, she wonders if she's going crazy. Pete Ross, forty-six, \u003ci\u003eknows\u003c\/i\u003e he's crazy. He's wrecked his marriage, slashed his wrists, and done time in a psychiatric institution, and now he's being cared for by his mother, who's a nun. Forty-five-year-old Helen Harland, a spirited Unitarian Universalist minister, is being \u003ci\u003edriven\u003c\/i\u003e crazy by her hostile church administration. Living in Los Feliz, California, the three meet at Helen's Wednesday midweek services. Though initially\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eincompatible, the sheer force of Helen's idiosyncratic ministering (her \"variety show of religious experience\")-paired with Alice's illustrious ancestor William James-proves to be a catalyst for friendship and a kind of transcendence. Generous and compassionate, Michelle Huneven delivers a joyful new novel about love, faith, and a few wayward souls waiting for life to begin.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichelle Huneven received a Whiting Writers' Award in 2002, and has also won a GE Younger Writers Award in Fiction and a James Beard Award. She is presently a restaurant reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly. \u003c\/i\u003eHer first novel, \u003cb\u003eRound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRock\u003c\/b\u003e, was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. She lives in Altadena, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323890798866,"sku":"9780375713132","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3849d2a0-b1f1-40fe-95b9-d745b13d1eab.jpg?v=1727661981","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jamesland-9780375713132","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}