{"product_id":"book-co19","title":"His Favorites","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “tense, taut, and thrilling” (\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about a teenage girl, a predatory teacher, and a school’s complicity from the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Women\u003c\/i\u003e—“riveting, terrifying, exactly the book for our times” (Ann Patchett).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were on a lark, three teenaged girls speeding across the greens at night on a “borrowed” golf cart, drunk. The cart crashes and one of the girls lands violently in the rough, killed instantly. The driver, Jo, flees the hometown that has turned against her and enrolls at a prestigious boarding school. Her past weighs on her. She is responsible for the death of her best friend. She has tipped her parents’ rocky marriage into demise. She is ready to begin again, far away from the accident.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Devastatingly relevant” (\u003ci\u003eVogue)\u003c\/i\u003e and “fueled by gorgeous writing” (NPR), \u003ci\u003eHis Favorites\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the interior life of a young woman determined to navigate the treachery in a new world. Told from her perspective many years later, the story coolly describes a series of shattering events and a school that failed to protect her. “Before things turn treacherous, there’s a moment when predation can feel dangerously like kindness…Walbert understands this…\u003ci\u003eHis Favorites\u003c\/i\u003e begs to be read” (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347200319792,"sku":"10co19","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/co19-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769743990","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-co19","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}