{"product_id":"9780525511748","title":"The Adults: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo divorced parents. Their daughter. Their new partners. A family holiday...of sorts. What could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet The Adults.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire and Matt are no longer together but decide that what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a \"normal\" family Christmas. They can't agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest Holiday park, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did--and it's too late to pull the plug.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire brings her new boyfriend, Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance, Iron-Man-in-Waiting. Matt brings the new love of his life, Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, who is seven, brings her imaginary friend Posey. He's a rabbit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Forced Fun activities, drinking a little too much after bedtime, oversharing classified secrets about their pasts and, before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends where this debut novel begins--with a tearful, frightened call to the police... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what really happened? They said they'd all be adults about this...","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051769217264,"sku":"9780525511748","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525511748_p0.jpg?v=1763710800","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525511748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}