{"product_id":"9781594932649","title":"Growing Up Delicious","description":"\u003cbr\u003eman. Her mother’s pitiless devotion to scripture and abject worship of Delicious’s rabid preacher. Her father’s death-by-alcohol. Her own attempt to drown her sweetheart’s father—the preacher—in the baptismal font.\u003cbr\u003eAway from the poisonous fruits of her birthplace, Jennifer finds peace, a good woman and, for decades, a happy life. Until the phone call.\u003cp\u003eNow Jennifer is on her way back to Delicious where her old foes wait for her save one: her mother. Hard enough to confront her mother’s inexplicable suicide, but there’s also her sister’s rampant heterosexuality, the preacher’s unmitigated hatred and a town that has more reason than ever to look down on the Andersen name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer, and Delicious, may have the final word at an unforgettable funeral as full of surprises as Delicious is full of secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a debut novel full of sharp observation and kind wit, Marianne Banks tells the story of a small town survivor in one of the most inventive and insightful novels of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041077706992,"sku":"9781594932649","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594932649_p0.jpg?v=1763811178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594932649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}