{"product_id":"9781483500652","title":"The Headliner","description":"The Headliner by Mickie Stepford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCara “CeCe” Chambers has always had a lot to say. As a nine year-old girl, CeCe presents life as the only child of two very different parents in The Headliner. The self-aware kid introduces readers to Nelson, her mentally challenged best-friend and Tina, her sassy teenaged cousin. Though her father is an idealistic alcoholic, and her mother runs from her problems, CeCe bounces through life with an effervesce of a Mexican jumping bean. Life is good for CeCe until tragedy hits her happy little world.\u003cbr\u003eCara emerges in the book’s second half as a thirtysomething survivor of lost innocence. Inspired by the past and ever-tickled by the present, Cara tells her life’s tales on stage as Chicago’s finest stand-up comic. That’s where she meets him.\u003cbr\u003eThe Headliner is the first black fiction to explore the life of a black female comedian. Author Mickie Stepford captures the wit and the wisdom of the black middle class, and subsequently acquaints the reader with a comedian anyone would want to know.","brand":"BookBaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131461517552,"sku":"9781483500652","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483500652_p0.jpg?v=1763627846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483500652","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}