{"product_id":"9780553345438","title":"It Was Gonna Be Like Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York's East Village\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e a vibrant, decadent scene of young artists who emulate bohemian Paris of the 1920s. In this landscape populated by aspiring rock stars, addicts, Hell’s Angels and misfits, eccentric spontaneity is a way of life. This is where Sara, a struggling painter, works, lives and loves. She hasn’t made it yet, but she’s confident that her talent will carry her through. Sometimes. Sometimes she thinks she’s only fooling herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer ally is sardonic, witty Carrie, whose look is part \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e model, part bag lady. Her undoing may be Brett, an irresistibly charming, fitfully romantic “trouble boy.” A musician, he is by turns boyishly playful, surly, impetuous and thoroughly unreliable. Sara finds her love for him as addictive as the habit into which he slips more irrevocably every day. But release from her obsession is as elusive as art itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Listfield, author of \u003cb\u003eVariations in the Night \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eSlightly Like Strangers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas born and raised in New York City. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003e20 Under 30, Bomb \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e East Village Eye. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also writes book reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026471469296,"sku":"9780553345438","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553345438_p0.jpg?v=1763717417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553345438","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}