{"product_id":"9781941040669","title":"Pretend We Are Lovely","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Oprah Magazine Editors' Pick and Publishers Weekly Best of the Season\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the summer of 1982 in Blacksburg, Virginia—seven years after the suspicious death of a son and sibling—and the Sobel family is hungry.\u003cbr\u003eFrancie dresses in tennis skirts and ankle socks and weighs her grams of allotted carrots and iceberg lettuce. Her semi-estranged husband Tate prefers a packed fridge and hidden doughnuts. Daughters Enid, ten, and Vivvy, almost thirteen, are subtler versions of their parents, measuring their summer vacation by meals had or meals skipped. But at summer’s end, secrets both old and new emerge and Francie disappears, leaving the family teetering on the brink.\u003cbr\u003eTold from alternating points of view by the four living Sobels,Pretend We Are Lovelyis a sharp and darkly funny story of forgiveness, family secrets, and the losses we inherit. At its core is the ever-complicated and deeply-devoted bond of sisterhoodas the girls, left mostly to their own devices, must navigate their way through middle school, find comfort in each other, and learn the difference between food and nourishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060170309872,"sku":"9781941040669","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941040669_p0.jpg?v=1769897444","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941040669","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}