{"product_id":"2940016535944","title":"The Best Place","description":"An irritating best friend gained during a childhood spent in a Catholic orphanage, a father who became a Communist and went to Russia in the 1930s, and 3:00 a.m. visits to The Pancake House. Such is the life of Lyla Hopewell. But in the summer of 2005, when her old boyfriend Bill has a heart attack, her best friend Bel really gets on her nerves, and Finn Fest comes to Marquette, things will change for Lyla.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoined by a cast of Marquette's most eccentric and endearing characters--the foul-mouthed fourteen-year-old Josie; ninety-three-year-old Eleanor, still trying to fix her little brother's love life; ex-boyfriend and blunt womanizer, Bill; blind Mary Mitchell and her ornery sister Florence; the sweet but romantically confused cabdriver Sybil; and many, many more--Lyla recounts her life-story as she comes to terms with her past. After years of feeling unloved, neglected, frustrated, and unfulfilled, can Lyla finally find her own best place?","brand":"Marquette Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081526591728,"sku":"2940016535944","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016535944_p0.jpg?v=1763637670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016535944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}