{"product_id":"9780802197566","title":"Story of My Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “brilliant” novel of a party girl in 1980s Manhattan, by the author of \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Twenty-something aspiring actress Alison Poole is well versed in hopping the clubs, shopping Chanel, falling in and out of lust, and abusing other people’s credit cards. As she traverses nocturnal New York with her coterie of coke-addicted friends—and races toward emotional breakdown—the author of \u003ci\u003eBrightness Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and other acclaimed works of fiction gives us a funny, poignant portrait of a postmodern Holly Golightly coming to terms with a world in which everything is permitted and nothing really matters.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Jay McInerney has proven himself not only a brilliant stylist but a master of characterization, with a keen eye for incongruities of urban life.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[McInerney’s] talent for capturing the nuances and idiosyncrasies of our culture [in \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e] is even more powerfully evident in \u003ci\u003eStory of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Underneath Alison’s hip, party-girl exterior and flippant vernacular is McInerney’s disturbing depiction of a young woman caught in the traumatic reality of her times.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eStory of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e is quite as brilliant as \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e and a lot funnier.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118480408816,"sku":"9780802197566","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802197566_p0.jpg?v=1769907093","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802197566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}