{"product_id":"people-person-9781501196058","title":"People Person","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of the \"brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eQueenie\u003c\/i\u003e returns with another witty and insightful \"treat\" (Jesse Armstrong, creator of \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e) of a novel about the power of family--even when they seem like strangers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you could choose your family...you wouldn't choose the Penningtons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDimple Pennington knows of her half-siblings, but she doesn't really \u003ci\u003eknow\u003c\/i\u003e them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone in her life. That is, until a dramatic event brings her half-siblings--Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce--crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVibrant and charming, \u003ci\u003ePeople Person\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a way-out combination of family drama, madcap plot, and political edge\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Carty-Williams is a writer, now a showrunner, and the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) bestselling \u003ci\u003eQueenie\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted by Goodreads for book of the year in 2019 and won the British Books Awards Book of the Year in 2020. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian 4th Estate Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. Candice has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and pretty much every publication you can think of. She will probably always live in South London. Follow her on Instagram @CandiceC_W.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery\/Scout Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611564478738,"sku":"9781501196058","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_325351cc-b387-42cb-9b5b-449cb2e3b28d.jpg?v=1732363577","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/people-person-9781501196058","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}