{"product_id":"2940169152951","title":"A Lady's Guide to Selling Out: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant young woman navigates a tricky twenty-first-century careeramp;mdash;and the trickier question of who she wants to beamp;mdash;in this savagely wise debut novel for fans of \u003ci\u003eYounger, The Bold Type, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasey Pendergast is losing her way. Once a book-loving English major, Casey lands a job at a top ad agency that highly values her ability to tell a good story. Her best friend thinks she's a sellout, but Casey tells herself that she's just paying the billsamp;mdash;and she can't help that she has champagne taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her hard-to-please boss assigns her to a top-secret campaign that pairs literary authors with corporations hungry for upmarket cachet, Casey is both excited and skeptical. But as she crisscrosses America, wooing her former idols, she's shocked at how quickly they compromise their integrity: A short-story writer leaves academia to craft campaigns for a plus-size clothing chain, a reclusive nature writer signs away her life's work to a manufacturer of granola bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she falls in love with one of her authors, Casey can no longer ignore her own nagging doubts about the human cost of her success. By the time the year's biggest book festival rolls around in Las Vegas, it will take every ounce of Casey's moxie to undo the damageamp;mdash;and, hopefully, save her own soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in an unforgettable voice, with razor-sharp observations about everything from feminism to pop culture to social media, \u003ci\u003eA Lady's Guide to Selling Out\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young woman untangling the contradictions of our era and trying to escape the rat raceamp;mdash;by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104419037424,"sku":"2940169152951","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169152951_p0.jpg?v=1763673931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169152951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}