{"product_id":"2940044270046","title":"A Week with Fiona Wonder: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is exactly one week until sixteen-year-old Mercy Swimmer is to play out a dream scenario: to spend an entire week with movie star Fiona Wonder, the prize awarded to the winner of a contest staged by a teen magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy is kind and compassionate and always tries to see the best in everybody, even when those around her do not respond similarly. For example, her mother’s snippy, hot-tempered friend Nikki is a kleptomaniac who constantly belittles her boyfriend. Her best friend Valerie has anger issues and a weight problem. Beautiful but cold Lady Redding, Valerie’s mother, feels entitled to everything even as others go without. And Mercy’s mother, a severe asthmatic who works two menial jobs in a “dead mall”, seems to care more about Fiona Wonder and Mercy’s upcoming week with her than the pressing issues in their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is on track for Mercy’s upcoming week with Fiona Wonder, but when her mother’s asthma flairs up, Mercy’s world turns upside down and she is faced with a decision that will ultimately challenge her own capacity for compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Week with Fiona Wonder shines an intense light upon the dire consequences of social exclusivity and suggests the alternatives of inclusion, empathy and, indeed, mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067132428528,"sku":"2940044270046","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044270046_p0.jpg?v=1763959503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044270046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}