{"product_id":"these-girls","title":"These Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bittersweet, laugh-out-loud funny, and painfully real.\" --Jodi Picoult\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternationally bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen examines the lives of three women working and living together in New York City and shows that family secrets may shape us all--but it's the rich, complicated layers of friendship that can save us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCate, Renee, and Abby have come to New York for very different reasons, and in a bustling city of millions, they are linked together through circumstance and chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCate has just been named the features editor of \u003ci\u003eGloss, \u003c\/i\u003ea high-end lifestyle magazine. It's a professional coup, but her new job comes with more complications than Cate ever anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer roommate Renee will do anything to nab the plum job of beauty editor at \u003ci\u003eGloss\u003c\/i\u003e. But snide comments about Renee's weight send her into an emotional tailspin. Soon she is taking black market diet pills--despite the racing heartbeat and trembling hands that signal she's heading for real danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there's Abby, whom they take in as a third roommate. Once a joyful graduate student working as a nanny part time, she abruptly fled a seemingly happy life in the D.C. suburbs. No one knows what shattered Abby--or why she left everything she once loved behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePekkanen's most compelling, true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate the complications of careers and love--and find the lifeline they need in each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54067020235120,"sku":"9781451612547","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_827dae1e-1020-4ed0-91d6-9448f42619b0.jpg?v=1784823430","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/these-girls","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}