{"product_id":"9780758261724","title":"One Hit Wonder","description":"Carillo has an easy way with breezy prose and likeable characters. –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eRaising Jake\u003c\/i\u003e comes the hilarious, heartfelt story of a former pop star who goes back to his roots--to answer the age-old question,\"Whatever happened to.  .  .?\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Back in the Eighties, Mickey DeFalco was America's teenage heartthrob with spiky gelled hair, slanted sideburns, and a number-one hit single--\"Sweet Days\"--a sappy love song he wrote after his high school sweetheart, Lynn Mahoney, broke his heart. Now approaching middle age, Mickey is lucky to land a singing gig at a bar mitzvah. So the one-hit wonder-boy is making a different kind of comeback--returning to his old stomping grounds in Queens, living with his parents, and sleeping in his childhood bed. Just like in high school. And speaking of blasts from the past, Lynn is also back in town--as beautiful, beguiling, and baffling as ever.  .  .  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Sometimes life can feel like a broken record. But even a one-hit wonder deserves a second chance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb comic novelist.  .  .hilarious and truthful.\"--Sally Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQueens-born \u003cb\u003eCharlie Carillo\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMy Ride with Gus\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Raising Jake.\u003c\/i\u003e He worked at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e as a journalist for many years, and now divides his time between New York City and London, England, where he works as an independent television producer.","brand":"Kensington Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077398774000,"sku":"9780758261724","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780758261724_p0.jpg?v=1763639619","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780758261724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}