{"product_id":"2940169787191","title":"A Regular Guy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous and tartly comic new novel, Mona Simpson, modern master of the surreal family drama, trains her eye on a generation - and a man - torn between idealism and self-absorption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Owens is a brilliant barefoot entrepreneur who has become rich and famous by inventing a new kind of business - a man who is fond of showering his largesse on friends and perfect strangers even as he resists any deeper claims on his affection. Into Owens's charmed life comes a ten-year-old girl whose claims he cannot ignore: Jane is his daughter, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it. As this raggedy, preternaturally observant girl seeks a place within Owens's circle, \u003ci\u003eA Regular Guy\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the miraculous chemistry that transforms longing into belonging, an uneasy menage into a family, and an arrogant boy-man into a father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simpson understands families. She understands money. She understands America. This is a poignant, funny book about loss and disillusionment.\" - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099773681904,"sku":"2940169787191","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169787191_p0.jpg?v=1763694307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169787191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}