{"product_id":"9781847178541","title":"Plain Jane: When does being stuck become ... unstuck?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt nearly 16, Jane has lived in the shadow of her little sister Emma’s cancer diagnosis for over three years. Not that she was ever in the limelight; it is her sister who is the talented one, a dancer who at ten had been outgrowing her small town teachers’ skills. Jane had never resented her sister’s talent; without any interests herself, it had always kept the pressure off her.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNow though, with her parents struggling to cope financially and emotionally, Jane’s life in her rural mining village seems to be a never ending monotony of skipping school, long bus rides to the hospital and hanging out with a boyfriend she doesn’t even know why she is with. Nobody really cares that her life is stuck in neutral; she is finding it difficult to care herself ...\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUltimately, Jane begins to understand the real parts of her life that are good; her sister Emma's chances of recovery begin to improve and the two sisters try to rebuild the relationship they shared before the illness took over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish American Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115084529904,"sku":"9781847178541","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847178541_p0.jpg?v=1763747006","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847178541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}