{"product_id":"9780698150959","title":"The Room-Mating Season","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe masterful author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through a season of friendship, discovery, betrayal, and love to tell a story of four friends and the events that shaped their futures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York in 1963 is a place of infinite possibilities, especially when you’re young and eager for the adventure a big city offers. Leigh, Cady, Vanessa, and Susan meet when they become roommates on the Upper East Side. Nothing can diminish the exhilaration of their newfound freedom and independence—even being crammed together in a single bedroom with a kitchen too small for a table and chairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA casting assistant at a talent agency, Leigh is the level-headed one. Cady is a prep school teacher, emotional, passionate, and ready for love. Vanessa, a stewardess, craves her independence above all else. Susan is the mercurial, difficult one, and after one confrontation too many, makes a choice that will change the course of all their lives…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR RONA JAFFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading Rona Jaffe is like being presented with a Cartier watch: you know exactly what you’re getting and it’s exactly what you want.”—\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid and trenchant…Wry and very readable…A minor genius.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jaffe has not lost her wit, her keen eye for human frailties and her ear for the small but telling remark.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106104328432,"sku":"9780698150959","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698150959_p0.jpg?v=1763619623","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698150959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}