{"product_id":"9780374533571","title":"The Silver Linings Playbook (movie tie-in edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartwarming debut novel, now a major movie by David O. Russell—nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four Golden Globes, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Aawww shucks!” NPR's Nancy Pearl said. “I know that’s hardly a usual way to begin a book review, but it was my immediate response to finishing Matthew Quick’s heartwarming, humorous and soul-satisfying first novel . . . This book makes me smile.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Pat Peoples. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure him a happy ending—the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. (It might not come as a surprise to learn that Pat has spent several years in a mental health facility.) The problem is, Pat’s now home, and everything feels off. No one will talk to him about Nikki; his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing; he’s being pursued by the deeply odd Tiffany; his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy. Plus, he’s being haunted by Kenny G!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid O. Russell, the Oscar-nominated director of \u003ci\u003eThe Fighter\u003c\/i\u003e, is helming his own adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Linings Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring Bradley Cooper (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive) in the role of Pat, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, and Jacki Weaver. As the award-winning novelist Justin Cronin put it: “Tender, soulful, hilarious, and true, \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Linings Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful debut.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012919607536,"sku":"9780374533571","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374533571_p0.jpg?v=1763691345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374533571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}