{"product_id":"the-red-car-9781631493393","title":"The Red Car","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her \"dry, delightful fairy tale for grown-ups\" (\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e), celebrated novelist Marcy Dermansky offers a biting exploration of a woman's search for self-realization and models of a life well lived. When Leah's former boss and mentor, Judy, dies in an accident and leaves Leah her most prized possession--a flashy red sports car--the shock forces Leah to reevaluate her whole life. Leah is living in Queens with a husband she doesn't love and a list of unfulfilled ambitions. Returning to San Francisco to claim the mysteriously powerful car, she revisits past lives and loves in several sprawling days colored by sex and sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDermansky evokes an edgy, capricious, and beautifully haunting heroine--one whose search for realization is as wonderfully unpredictable and hypnotic as the twists and turns of the Pacific Coast Highway. Tautly wound, transgressive, and mordantly funny, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Car\u003c\/em\u003e is an incisive exploration of one woman's unusual route to self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDermansky, Marcy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMarcy Dermansky\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Red Car\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBad Marie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTwins\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in New Jersey with her daughter.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525044801810,"sku":"9781631493393","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_166d8912-9ad0-452a-b0b9-351ed841029c.jpg?v=1731200703","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-red-car-9781631493393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}