{"product_id":"9780679772712","title":"A Regular Guy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMona Simpson's first two novels, \u003ci\u003eAnywhere But Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Father\u003c\/i\u003e, won her literary renown and a wide following. Now, in her third novel, the narrator Ann Atassi has been replaced by a third-person narrator recounting the adventures of young Jane di Natali, but the theme remains the same: the search for, and the attempt to understand, the absent father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis time the father is a millionaire biotechnology magnate named Tom Owens.  Into Owens's charmed life comes Jane, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into  his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it; Tom is far from ready for this responsibility. Fans of Simpson's previous novels will not be disappointed by this excursion into the cracked world of family relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simpson is an attentive observer and a fluent stylist, but it is the element of subtle surprise that draws us through these pages, the magnetism of an original mind that holds us fast.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014369788144,"sku":"9780679772712","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679772712_p0.jpg?v=1763608966","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679772712","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}