{"product_id":"teddy-9780063354906","title":"Teddy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Morning America \u003c\/em\u003eBuzz Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Effervescent and cool, Teddy is the perfect read if your trip to Capri gets canceled and your La Dolce Vita itch needs scratching.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eMad Men\u003c\/em\u003e in this wildly entertaining debut novel set in glamorous Rome, which follows the free-spirited wife of an American diplomat as she desperately tries to contain a scandal of her own making.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the summer of 1969 and Rome is awash with glamour and intrigue: the stars of Cinecittà are drinking and dancing along the paparazzo-lined Via Veneto, where royalty, American expats, and the occasional Russian spy rub shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeddy Huntley Carlyle has just arrived in Italy from Dallas, Texas, eager for a fresh start with her new husband, a diplomat assigned to the American embassy. After years of \"spoiling like old milk,\" in the words of her controlling, politically-minded uncle, Teddy vows to turn over a new leaf. She will be the soul of discretion; she will be conservative, proper, and polite. She will be her most beautiful, luminous self, wearing the right clothes and the perfect lipstick, and she will be \u003cem\u003egood\u003c\/em\u003e. She will charm her husband's colleagues at the embassy, and no one will have a word to say against her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeddy keeps her promise, more or less--until the Fourth of July, when her new life explodes as spectacularly as the colorful fireworks lighting the Roman sky over the embassy grounds. Now, Teddy is in the middle of a mess that even her powerful connections and impeccable manners can't contain . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunlay, Emily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Dallas, Texas, \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Dunlay\u003c\/strong\u003e studied English literature and creative writing at Princeton University, after which she trained and worked as a specialist librarian for antiquarian books. She currently lives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453501866258,"sku":"9780063354906","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30ee7eeb-1fa2-4764-8b00-b0834c1ce3a3.jpg?v=1751971132","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/teddy-9780063354906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}