{"product_id":"slow-dance-9780063380196","title":"Slow Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INSTANT \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance--\u003c\/em\u003eher smartest, funniest, most \u003cem\u003epowerful\u003c\/em\u003e novel yet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you've been. \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic--Jane Austen's \u003cem\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/em\u003e for our times.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- Gabrielle Zevin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShiloh Butler was supposed to get out of north Omaha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe used to sit out on the front porch with her best friend, Cary, and plot their escape. Shiloh was going to be an actress - she had a scholarship to a good school - and Cary was laser-focused on the Navy. Sharp, stoic, golden-eyed Cary . . . thin as a stick of gum and poor as dirt. He was probably the most decent person Shiloh has ever known. She hasn't spoken to him in fourteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Shiloh gets an invitation to a high school friend's wedding, Cary is the first and only thing on her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe desperately wants to see him again, but she doesn't know if she can bear being seen \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e him. What would Cary think of Shiloh at thirty-three? A divorced mom living in the same house she grew up in. Someone who works behind a desk, not onstage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould Cary even \u003cem\u003ewant\u003c\/em\u003e to see Shiloh after all this time? After \u003cem\u003eeverything\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer, it turns out, is yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her triumphant return to adult fiction, Rainbow Rowell has written a love story so honest and human - so \u003cem\u003ecathartic\u003c\/em\u003e - you'll feel it in your bones. \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance\u003c\/em\u003e is a power ballad of a book, brimming with Rowell's signature compassion and wit. It's deeply affecting and \u003cem\u003eprofoundly\u003c\/em\u003e romantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRowell, Rainbow:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRainbow Rowell\u003c\/strong\u003e is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance, Eleanor \u0026amp; Park, \u003c\/em\u003e and the Simon Snow Trilogy, as well as several other award-winning novels, short stories, and comics. Rainbow lives in Omaha, Nebraska, just like most of her characters. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875135131922,"sku":"9780063380196","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3599d0cf-6471-4533-bbd5-99a583a157a1.jpg?v=1748511188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slow-dance-9780063380196","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}