{"product_id":"kiss-me-in-the-coral-lounge-intimate-confessions-from-a-happy-marriage-9780593827314","title":"Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Helen Ellis paints a portrait of true romance for our times in these surprising, sexy, and hilariously frank essays about love, marriage, and her last first kiss. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ellis is one of our greatest living humorists, in the same league as Sedaris and Irby...A fascinating portrait of middle-aged love.\" --Ann Napolitano, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDear Edward\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the Coral Lounge, a room in Helen Ellis's New York City apartment painted such an exuberant shade that a Peeping Tom left a sticky note asking for the color. It is in the Coral Lounge where all the parties happen: A game called \"What's in the box?\" makes its uproarious debut, the Puzzle Posse pounces on a 500-piece jigsaw of a beheaded priest, and guests don blindfolds for a raucous bridal shower. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the pandemic shuts down the city, the Coral Lounge becomes a place of refuge, where Helen and her husband binge-watch Joan Collins's \u003ci\u003eDynasty\u003c\/i\u003e, dote on two spoiled cats, and where Helen discovers that even twenty years into marriage, her husband still makes her heart pitter patter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHELEN ELLIS is the author of \u003ci\u003eBring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Lady Code, American Housewife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEating the Cheshire Cat.\u003c\/i\u003e Raised in Alabama, she lives with her husband in New York City. She is a poker player and a plant lady. You can find her on Twitter @WhatIDoAllDay and Instagram @HelenEllisAuthor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diversified Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509586858258,"sku":"9780593827314","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9992e844-abee-4b2f-b2b6-fa6da4917bbd.jpg?v=1730902482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kiss-me-in-the-coral-lounge-intimate-confessions-from-a-happy-marriage-9780593827314","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}