{"product_id":"the-spectacular-9781524799434","title":"The Spectacular","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree generations of women strive for real freedom in this startling, provocative novel exploring sexuality, gender, and maternal ambivalence, from the acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e The Best Kind of People\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the best books, characters feel like my friends, but with the mothers of \u003ci\u003eThe Spectacular, \u003c\/i\u003e they came to feel like my family.\"--Torrey Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1997 and Missy is a cellist in an indie rock band on tour across America. At twenty-two years old, she gets on stage every night and plays the song about her absent mother that made the band famous. As the only girl in the band, she's determined to party just as hard as everyone else, loving and leaving a guy in every town. But then she meets a tomboy drummer who is hard to forget, and a forgotten flap of cocaine strands her at the border. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFortysomething Carola is just surfacing from a sex scandal at the yoga center where she has been living when she sees her daughter, Missy, for the first time in ten years--on the cover of a music magazine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth is eighty-three and planning her return to the Turkish seaside village where she spent her childhood. But when her granddaughter, Missy, winds up crashing at her house, she decides it's time that the strong and stubborn women in her family find a way to understand one another again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sharply observed novel, Zoe Whittall captures three very different women who each struggle to build an authentic life. Definitions of family, romance, gender, and love will radically change as they seek out lives that are nothing less than spectacular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2831484\"\u003eZoe Whittall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524799434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1524799432\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-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\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-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe Whittall \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three previous novels, including the Giller-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest Kind of People, \u003c\/i\u003e the Lambda-winning \u003ci\u003eHolding Still for As Long As Possible, \u003c\/i\u003e and her debut, \u003ci\u003eBottle Rocket Hearts.\u003c\/i\u003e She has published three collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eThe Best Ten\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMinutes of Your Life, Precordial Thump, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Emily Valentine Poems.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also a Canadian Screen Award-winning TV and film writer, with credits on the \u003ci\u003eBaroness von\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSketch Show, Schitt's Creek, Degrassi, \u003c\/i\u003eand others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44692841136365,"sku":"9781524799434","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cf9e522e-5485-49b9-895d-d34e5046a9fb.jpg?v=1703743342","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-spectacular-9781524799434","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}