{"product_id":"2940170805945","title":"Marriage Vacation: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn season four of Darren Star's hit TV Land series \u003ci\u003eYounger\u003c\/i\u003e, the editors at Empirical Press are shocked and deeply moved when they read \u003ci\u003eMarriage Vacation\u003c\/i\u003e, an autobiographical novel by the publisher's estranged wife, Pauline Turner Brooks. Knowing the book will cause a sensation, they decide they must publish it. Now you can listen to what the hype is about.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarriage Vacation\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who has ever fantasized about what it would be like to run away from it all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy all appearances, Kate Carmichael has the perfect life: two adorable daughters, a prewar townhouse on the Upper East Side, and a husband who runs one of the most successful publishing companies in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Kate attends a wedding and reconnects with successful friends from graduate school, she suddenly sees her life in a different light: the career she didn't pursue, the dreams she's locked away, the empty veneer of her privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the wedding weekend ends, instead of heading home to her husband and family, Kate gets on a plane and flies halfway around the world. She claims it's just going to be for a week—two max—just so she can clear her head and reconnect with her lost dreams. But the adventure doesn't go quite as planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative and gripping novel asks: Is a wife and mother allowed to have a midlife crisis? And, if she does, can she ever be forgiven?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161573933296,"sku":"2940170805945","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170805945_p0.jpg?v=1763718080","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170805945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}