{"product_id":"2940169182118","title":"The Bookish Life of Nina Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eOther People¿s Houses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Small Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all amp;mdash; or mostly all amp;mdash; excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina considers her options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompletely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099695038704,"sku":"2940169182118","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169182118_p0.jpg?v=1769893974","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169182118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}