{"product_id":"9781456612931","title":"A Little Bit of Ivey","description":"Call me Ivey Mae.\u003cp\u003eI have been interested in boys since I realized they weren't girls. Literally. After a tonsillectomy at age five, my first comment was, \"The doctor is cute.\" When I was eighteen my dad started calling me Will Rogers after the actor who infamously stated that he'd never met a man he didn't like. My mother has always wondered what is wrong with me, but the answer is right in her mirror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a blossoming novelist, I let my southern roots color the world around me. My books grapple with my alter ego and the romantic dalliances with her dashingly handsome muse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in reality, I am staying married-this time-living with my husband, our 6 children, and 30 pets-and no, we don't live on a farm, but smack dab in suburbia. My husband thinks rabbits and guinea pigs are family and shouldn't be separated. But after 22 baby, inbred rodents, I said, \"Family, my rear end!\" and separated the boys and girls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy dear mother is now a widow and lives next door. And although she is lonely, she is thoroughly enjoying her seat in the I-am-old-and-can-do-what-I-want boat. She's the one using a shower cap instead of an umbrella and bright-colored laundry baskets instead of a suitcase. Oh, and as it turns out, she doesn't really like me or animals. I know, hilarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can't make this stuff up, although Mother would probably tell you that I do. Our lives would make for a train-wreck type entertaining genuine reality show. But our commotion would just run off the TV crew, so-for now-my stories will have to do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eBookIt.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030898983152,"sku":"9781456612931","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456612931_p0.jpg?v=1763861449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456612931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}