{"product_id":"9781770908581","title":"Congratulations on Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmbition, failure, sex, and the service industry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA dark and comic novel, \u003ci\u003eCongratulations On Everything\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the struggles, frailties, and cruelly pyrrhic victories of the middle-aged owner of a bar-restaurant and a 30ish lunch-shift waitress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeremy has bought into the teachings of an empowerment and success guru, hook, line, and sinker. A Toronto service industry lifer, he’s risen through the ranks until he finally takes the keys to his destiny and opens his own place, The Ice Shack.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryone assumes Ice Shack daytime waitress Charlene is innocent and empathetic, but in reality she’s desperately unhappy and looking for a way out of her marriage to her high-school sweetheart. A drunken encounter sends Charlene and her boss careening. The Ice Shack stops being an oasis of sanity and, as Jeremy struggles to keep his business afloat, he’ll stop at nothing to maintain his successful, good guy self-image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an era when the gourmand rules and chefs become superstars, \u003ci\u003eCongratulations On Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious and occasionally uncomfortable dose of anti-foodie reality that reveals what goes on when the customers and Instagrammers aren’t around — and even sometimes when they are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135350030576,"sku":"9781770908581","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770908581_p0.jpg?v=1763706892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770908581","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}