{"product_id":"9780061978234","title":"Isn't It Romantic?: An Entertainment","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce again, acclaimed novelist Ron Hansen demonstrates his masterful versatility as a writer, with \u003cem\u003eIsn't It Romantic?,\u003c\/em\u003e a screwball comedy in the tradition of filmmaker Preston Sturges. In this charming entertainment, mistaken identities, botched schemes, and hilarious misunderstandings all play a part as Parisian sophistication collides with the affability and simple pleasures of the Great Plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouring America was Natalie's idea. But she had not planned on being accompanied on a cross-country bus by her playboy fiancé, Pierre. Nor had they anticipated being stranded in Seldom, Nebraska, population 395.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that is exactly what happens to this French couple, and they quickly find themselves being taken in by the obliging citizens of Seldom: Natalie by Mrs. Christiansen, a retired high school teacher who runs a rooming house for women, and Pierre by Owen, a gas station owner and ambitious winemaker in an unlikely part of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd here also, the separated couple become enchanted by the locals. Natalie is soon being wooed by Dick Tupper, a handsome and honest rancher with a rambling farmhouse and lots of wide open space. Pierre falls quickly for Iona, a beautiful, no-nonsense waitress in the local diner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon everyone is hatching plots to get what they want: Owen needs help from Pierre's world-class wine business if he is ever going to sell his Nebraska vintage; Pierre wants Iona; Natalie thinks she wants Dick Tupper, but maybe it's Dick who wants Iona, and Natalie who wants Pierre? The fun and surprises are many in this playful romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105457062128,"sku":"9780061978234","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061978234_p0.jpg?v=1769912076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061978234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}