{"product_id":"9780743219136","title":"America the Beautiful: A Novel","description":"America Throne is living the good life in L.A. Her career is sprouting, and she is in love -- with Jasper Husch, a sexy-sultry artist from San Fran. But just as soon as they've realized domestic bliss, Jasper has a change of heart, and America falters on the slippery slope of hope: hoping that he will come back, hoping that new sex will erase all evidence of him, and hoping that in nurturing a truce with her dead father she will make peace with all men. \u003cbr\u003e America's trip from self-destruction to wholeness is a romp on the wilder shores of the West Coast. From a dodgy therapist to a silent retreat, America Throne's \"aha\" moment culminates with, \"While we are all busy swimming upstream, the universe is conspiring to take us to something better.\" \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAmerica the Beautiful,\u003c\/i\u003e Moon Zappa has taken the broken-heart story and given it a twist all her own through the emotional honesty and edginess of America Throne. Hailed as \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eAmerica the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut of an unforgettable and unfaltering new voice.","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127206789360,"sku":"9780743219136","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743219136_p0.jpg?v=1763634431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743219136","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}