{"product_id":"9781101200834","title":"Children of God Go Bowling","description":"We first met Shannon Olson—our semi-fictional heroine—in the witty and engaging \u003ci\u003eWelcome to My Planet\u003c\/i\u003e. Olson pioneered a daring new genre, a kind of fictional documentary, pulling no punches by using her own name, and engaging readers with her wry and direct style. In \u003ci\u003eChildren of God\u003c\/i\u003e, Shannon is in her mid-thirties and besieged by reminders that her life doesn’t look much at all like the American Dream, nor like her aquarium-stocking, furniture-buying peers. She embarks upon a self-improvement campaign, joining group therapy, blind dating, and trying to convince herself to fall in love with an old college chum. Shannon even gives organized religion a go. With encore performances by Flo (called “one of the great moms of American fiction” by Garrison Keillor), this is the hilarious and poignant tale of a woman making her life happen when it didn’t quite happen for her.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106186412272,"sku":"9781101200834","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101200834_p0.jpg?v=1763685770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101200834","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}