{"product_id":"jillian-9780143135524","title":"Jillian","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sublimely awkward and hilarious \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, National Book Award 5 Under 35-garnering first novel from the acclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--now in a new edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end, thanks to her dreadful job as a gastroenterologist's receptionist and her heart-clogging resentment of the success and happiness of everyone around her. But no one stokes Megan's bitterness quite like her coworker, Jillian, a grotesquely optimistic, thirty-five-year-old single mother whose chirpy positivity obscures her mounting struggles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMegan and Jillian's lives become increasingly precarious as their faulty coping mechanisms--denial, self-help books, alcohol, religion, prescription painkillers, obsessive criticism, alienated boyfriends, and, in Jillian's case, the misguided purchase of a dog--send them spiraling toward their downfalls. Wickedly authentic and brutally funny, \u003ci\u003eJillian\u003c\/i\u003e is a subversive portrait of two women trapped in cycles of self-delusion and self-destruction, each more like the other than they would care to admit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8131917\"\u003eHalle Butler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143135524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014313552X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalle Butler is the author of \u003ci\u003eJillian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been named a National Book Award Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and a \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e Best Young American Novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693081268461,"sku":"9780143135524","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5df503d7-1bd1-4db5-9e90-9e96dcb370de.jpg?v=1649857216","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/jillian-9780143135524","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}