{"product_id":"9780060165529","title":"Maybe the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe the Moon,\u003c\/i\u003e Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling \u003ci\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/i\u003e series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth — Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former \u003ci\u003eGuiness Book\u003c\/i\u003e record holder as the world's shortest woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where — as she says — \"you can die of encouragement.\" Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles — from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplice in the venture is her best friend, Jeff, a gay waiter who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As clear-eyed as it is charming, \u003ci\u003eMaybe the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from it participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049223176432,"sku":"9780060165529","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060165529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}