{"product_id":"9781939419705","title":"The Sadness","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBroke and homeless at 30, Kelly Enright flees Arizona. Returning to her hometown of Portland, ME, her only plan is to track down her estranged but well-off father. But her twin brother, Max, is living in their deceased mother's home, and if anyone's more screwed up than Kelly, it's disheveled, misanthropic Max.\u003cp\u003eMax has just one obsession: film. In particular, his own unfinished project from a decade earlier, which he believes is a masterpiece in the making. He dreams of completing it, but there’s a major problem: Evelyn, his actress and muse, has recently disappeared. After seeing her name in the credits of a famous cult film shot in their hometown, Max thinks Evelyn's disappearance has something to do with the film, and an upcoming festival devoted to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly's arrival upsets Max's plans for finding Evelyn. Enter Penelope Hayward, the film's star and Kelly's high school best friend. Now a major Hollywood star, Penelope arrives in Portland as the festival's guest of honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Max's search for his lost leading lady becomes increasingly, absurdly self-destructive, Kelly must help her brother, who has never recovered from their mother's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049970155760,"sku":"9781939419705","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939419705_p0.jpg?v=1763666576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939419705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}