{"product_id":"wonder-bread-summer-pb-9780062199553","title":"Wonder Bread Summer PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable and altogether irrepressible.\" --Nick Hornby, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Anya Blau, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Summer of Naked Swim Parties \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Mary Jane\u003c\/em\u003e, delivers a darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with \u003cem\u003eThe Wonder Bread Summer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Wonder Bread Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, loosely based on \u003cem\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds' Nancy Botwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run--with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But there's a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesn't even have his phone number....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1980s California, \u003cem\u003eThe Wonder Bread Summer \u003c\/em\u003eis a wickedly funny and fresh caper that's sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlau, Jessica Anya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJessica Anya Blau was born in Boston and raised in Southern California. Her novels have been featured on The Today Show, CNN and NPR, and in Cosmo, Vanity Fair, Bust, Time Out, Oprah Summer Reads and other national publications. Jessica's short stories and essays have been published in numerous magazines, journals and anthologies. Jessica co-wrote the script for Love on the Run starring Frances Fisher and Steve Howey. She sometimes works as a ghost writer and has taught writing at Johns Hopkins University, Goucher College and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Jessica lives in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317938917650,"sku":"9780062199553","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2808ecfc-e358-488f-83b7-2eaf88296fd0.jpg?v=1727543455","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wonder-bread-summer-pb-9780062199553","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}