{"product_id":"the-admissions-9781101910146","title":"The Admissions","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eVacationland \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a novel that perfectly captures the mania of the college admissions process as a seemingly perfect family\u003cb\u003e comes undone by a few desperate measures, a long-buried secret--and a teenage girl's application to Harvard. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fun, fast-paced, completely engrossing tale of a California family trying to get their eldest daughter into Harvard.... Brilliant and enjoyable on every level.\" --Elin Hilderbrand, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e28 Summers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Hawthorne family has it all: great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of northern California, and three charming kids with perfectly straight teeth. Then comes eldest daughter Angela's senior year of high school. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly, everyone is floundering. As Angela writes and rewrites her application for Harvard--her father's alma mater--and struggles to maintain her position as valedictorian, Nora Hawthorne's career hits a rough patch, taking her away from a newly distracted husband and uncharacteristically anxious younger daughters. And as the secrets everyone has been keeping will come to light, it sets the family on a final collision course that will force them to reevaluate, with humor and heart, the value of achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEG MITCHELL MOORE is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Arrivals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSo Far Away.\u003c\/i\u003e She worked for several years as a journalist for a variety of publications. She lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with her husband and three daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918004424978,"sku":"9781101910146","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e755c14d-eeb7-4a4f-806e-721f28b551d4.jpg?v=1738873588","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-admissions-9781101910146","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}