{"product_id":"book-dobk","title":"A Star Is Bored","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**This program is read by Noah Galvin, who starred in\u003ci\u003e Dear Evan Hansen, The Real O'Neals,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBooksmart\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute knockout. Riotously funny and wickedly tender.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e— Taylor Jenkins Reid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones and the Six \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of Summer 2020 - Named a Must-Read Summer book by \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e - Named One of the 14 Best Books of Summer 2020 by \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e - One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's 2020 \"Titles to Watch\" - One of the 30 Best Beach Reads According to \u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003ePostcards From the Edge in\u003c\/i\u003e a hilariously heartfelt novel influenced in part by the author’s time assisting Carrie Fisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for an insane job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s worst dressed list. She needs an assistant. He needs a hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathi is an icon, bestselling author, and an award winning actress, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She’s also known in another role: crazy. Admittedly so. Famously so. Fabulously so, as Charlie quickly discovers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir three year odyssey is filled with late night shopping sprees, last minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows, Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life, assisting the great forces that be, or can he step into his own leading role?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny, and searingly poignant, Byron Lane's \u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that, like the star at its center, is enchanting and joyous, heartbreaking and hopeful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369962447152,"sku":"BDdobk","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49369962479920,"sku":"40dobk","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/179105-dobk-Square.jpg?v=1734640170","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dobk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}