{"product_id":"book-awxb","title":"The Man of My Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePrep\u003c\/i\u003e, Curtis Sittenfeld created a touchstone with her  pitch-perfect portrayal of adolescence. Her prose is as intensely realistic and compelling  as ever in \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e a disarmingly candid and sympathetic novel about  the collision of a young woman’s fantasies of family and love with the challenges  and realities of adult life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In  the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah’s own life,  her parents’ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between these two extremes—just  maybe—lie the answers to love’s most bewildering questions. But over the next decade  and a half, as she moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah finds  that the questions become more rather than less complicated: At what point can you  no longer blame your adult failures on your messed-up childhood? Is settling for  someone who’s not your soul mate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And  if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being  plucky—or just pathetic?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e None of the relationships in Hannah’s life are without  complications. There’s her father, whose stubbornness Hannah realizes she’s unfortunately  inherited; her gorgeous cousin, Fig, whose misbehavior alternately intrigues and  irritates Hannah; Henry, whom Hannah first falls for in college, while he’s dating  Fig; and the boyfriends who love her more or less than she deserves, who adore her  or break her heart. By the time she’s in her late twenties, Hannah has finally figured  out what she wants most—but she doesn’t yet know whether she’ll find the courage  to go after it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Full of honesty and humor, \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is an unnervingly  insightful and beautifully written examination of the outside forces and personal  choices that make us who we are.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49340818653488,"sku":"BDawxb","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/264669-awxb-Square.jpg?v=1734048928","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-awxb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}