{"product_id":"the-man-of-my-dreams-9780812975390","title":"The Man of My Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePrep\u003c\/i\u003e, Curtis Sittenfeld created a touchstone with her pitch-perfect portrayal of adolescence. Her prose is as intensely realistic and compelling as ever in \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003e a disarmingly candid and sympathetic novel about the collision of a young woman's fantasies of family and love with the challenges and realities of adult life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah's own life, her parents' marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between these two extremes--just maybe--lie the answers to love's most bewildering questions. But over the next decade and a half, as she moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah finds that the questions become more rather than less complicated: At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed-up childhood? Is settling for someone who's not your soul mate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky--or just pathetic? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e None of the relationships in Hannah's life are without complications. There's her father, whose stubbornness Hannah realizes she's unfortunately inherited; her gorgeous cousin, Fig, whose misbehavior alternately intrigues and irritates Hannah; Henry, whom Hannah first falls for in college, while he's dating Fig; and the boyfriends who love her more or less than she deserves, who adore her or break her heart. By the time she's in her late twenties, Hannah has finally figured out what she wants most--but she doesn't yet know whether she'll find the courage to go after it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Full of honesty and humor, \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is an unnervingly insightful and beautifully written examination of the outside forces and personal choices that make us who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurtis Sittenfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePrep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEligible, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Think It, I'll Say It, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich have been translated into thirty languages. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, of which she was the 2020 guest editor.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHer nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, \u003c\/i\u003e and on public radio's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900890845458,"sku":"9780812975390","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d564df09-4019-4b86-ba73-d8f176c68ce2.jpg?v=1738404071","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-of-my-dreams-9780812975390","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}