{"product_id":"2940169409574","title":"Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle, Carefree, Mellow \u003c\/i\u003eis that rare and wonderful thing: a debut that is superbly accomplished, endlessly entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya is in love with both her boyfriend and her boss. Sadie's lover calls her as he drives to meet his wife at marriage counseling. Gwen pines for her roommate, a man who will hold her hand but then tells her that her palm is sweaty. And Sasha agrees to have a drink with her married lover's wife and then immediately regrets it. These are the women of \u003ci\u003eSingle, Carefree, Mellow\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand in these eleven sublime stories they are grappling with unwelcome houseguests, disastrous birthday parties, needy but loyal friends, and all manner of love, secrets, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Cranberry Relish\" Josie's ex-a man she met on Facebook-has a new girlfriend he found on Twitter. In \"Blue Heron Bridge\" Nina is more worried that the Presbyterian minister living in her garage will hear her kids swearing than about his finding out that she's sleeping with her running partner. And in \"The Rhett Butlers\" a teenager loses her virginity to her history teacher and then outgrows him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn snappy, glittering prose that is both utterly hilarious and achingly poignant, Katherine Heiny chronicles the ways in which we are unfaithful to each other, both willfully and unwittingly. Maya, who appears in the title story and again in various states of love, forms the spine of this linked collection, and shows us through her moments of pleasure, loss, deceit, and kindness just how fickle the human heart can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead by a Full Cast:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE DIVE BAR, read by Julia Whelan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHOW TO GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION, read by Emily Rankin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSINGLE, CAREFREE, MELLOW, read by Rebecca Lowman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBLUE HERON BRIDGE, read by Cassandra Campbell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHAT DANCE YOU DO, read by Julia Whelan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDARK MATTER, read by Rebecca Lowman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCRANBERRY RELISH, read by Cassandra Campbell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHOUGHTS OF A BRIDESMAID, read by Julia Whelan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE RHETT BUTLERS, read by Emily Rankin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGRENDEL'S MOTHER, read by Rebecca Lowman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eANDORRA, read by Cassandra Campbell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169559101680,"sku":"2940169409574","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169409574_p0.jpg?v=1763681793","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169409574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}