{"product_id":"9780743217453","title":"Satin Doll: A Novel","description":"\u003ci\u003eSatin Doll \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty, insightful, heartbreaking and honest tale about romantic relationships, friendships, and class distinctions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBang!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Being shot in the middle of the night and left for dead is what it took to open her eyes. Until that fateful moment, Regina Harris lived \u003ci\u003ela vida loca\u003c\/i\u003e with pimps and hustlers, a gangster lifestyle that supplied the money she needed to get high and forget the poverty of Harlem. Now she has turned her life around, is a college graduate and freelance journalist, and makes enough money to live on the Upper West Side and hob- nob with the city's movers and shakers. She's become the classy Satin Doll of the Duke Ellington song. But she can't forget where she came from: her three best friends are from the old neighborhood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Harlem homegirls.\u003c\/b\u003e Regina tries to give emotional support to each of her friends as they deal with their own personal issues: Yvonne is a single mother looking for the right man. Tamika must raise two children alone while their father does time in jail for robbery. Puddin' lives her life by picking up men and smoking weed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLiving in two worlds; comfortable in neither.\u003c\/b\u003e On a night out partying with her homegirls in Harlem, Regina meets aspiring lawyer Charles Whitfield, son of a pro-minent, upper-class black family in Philadelphia. He loves her but not her rough-around-the-edges friends. She loves him but doesn't think she can live up to his family's expectations.\u003cbr\u003e Regina tries desperately to hide her former life, but when her past is revealed, it threatens to destroy her relationship with Charles and the life she has worked hard to create.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From its dramatic beginning to the fateful ending, \u003ci\u003eSatin Doll\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty and truthful take on relationships, friendships, and class distinctions.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126326051056,"sku":"9780743217453","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743217453_p0.jpg?v=1763627973","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743217453","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}