{"product_id":"2940169355208","title":"Heartbreaker: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe love between a daughter and her motheramp;mdash;and the dark secrets they keep from each otheramp;mdash;are at the heart of this wildly imaginative novel that combines elements of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn isolated town.\u003cbr\u003eThe remains of a mysterious cult.\u003cbr\u003eAnd a woman who disappears. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1985. Pony Darlene Fontaine has lived all her fifteen years in \"the territory,\" a settlement founded decades ago by a charismatic cult leader. In this strange town run on a sinister economic resource, the women crimp their hair and wear shoulder pads, and the teenagers listen to Nazareth and Whitesnake on their Walkmans. Pony's family lives in the bungalow at the farthest edge of town, where the territory borders the rest of the wider worldamp;mdash;a place none of the townspeople have ever been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept for Billie Jean Fontaine, Pony's mother. When Billie Jean arrived in the territory seventeen years prioramp;mdash;falling from the open door of a stolen caramp;mdash;the residents took her in and made her one of their own. She was the first outsider they had ever laid eyes on. Pony adores and idolizes her mother, but like everyone else in the territory she is mystified by her. Billie Jean refuses to describe the world she came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One night, Billie Jean grabs her truck keys, bolts barefoot into the cold October darknessamp;mdash;and vanishes. Beautiful, beloved, and secretive, Billie Jean was the first person to be welcomed into the territory. Now, with a frantic search under way for her missing mother, Pony fears: Will she be the first person to leave it too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the three unforgettable perspectives of a daughter, a killer dog, and a teenage boy named Supernatural, this novel is startling in its humor and wrenching in its wisdom about the powers, limits, and dangers of love. \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e is an electrifying pause-resister about a woman reinventing herself in order to surviveamp;mdash;and a daughter who must race against the clock to untangle the mysteries left in her mother's wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrators:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Girl\" section, read by Jorjeana Marie\u003cbr\u003e \"Dog\" section, read by Claudia Dey\u003cbr\u003e \"Boy\" section, read by MacLeod Andrews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104463864048,"sku":"2940169355208","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169355208_p0.jpg?v=1763780577","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169355208","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}