{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-neiman-marcus-a-novel-about-marriage-motherhood-and-mayhem-isbn-9780062024671","title":"The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Funny, fresh, and heartbreakingly poignant, this book had me laughing and crying at the same time.”\u003cbr\u003e—Meg Cabot, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Princess Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e series and \u003cem\u003eInsatiable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read \u003cem\u003eThe Hunchback of Neiman Marcus\u003c\/em\u003e and I saw the light and the mirror and fell under Sonya Sones’ spell.”\u003cbr\u003e— Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wallpaper a room with the pages of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunchback of Neiman Marcus\u003c\/em\u003e. It will be your favorite place. The room you come back to again and again, year after year.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ilene Beckerman, author of \u003cem\u003eLove, Loss, and What I Wore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated YA novelist Sonya Sones makes a HUGE splash with her first adult novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Hunchback of Neiman Marcus\u003c\/em\u003e, spinning a funny, fierce, and piercingly honest coming-of-middle-age story about falling apart and putting yourself back together. Nora Ephron’s \u003cem\u003eI Feel Bad About My Neck\u003c\/em\u003e meets Elizabeth Berg—boldly original and endlessly enthralling—\u003cem\u003eThe Hunchback of Neiman Marcus \u003c\/em\u003eis a luminous, brilliantly told story of life, marriage, and parenthood that you will not soon forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eMy name is Holly.\u003cbr\u003eThis story is about me—\u003cbr\u003ea writer who's way behind\u003cbr\u003eon her deadline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, honestly,\u003cbr\u003ehow can I concentrate on my work \u003cbr\u003ewhen my fiftieth birthday's \u003cbr\u003erushing at me like a freight train,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy hormones are making me feel \u003cbr\u003elike a Szechuan flambé, \u003cbr\u003eand my eighty-year-old mother's \u003cbr\u003ebiting her nurses? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot to mention the fact that my daughter's \u003cbr\u003ejust begun applying to colleges \u003cbr\u003e(none of which are within \u003cbr\u003ea thousand-mile radius of home),\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand lately my husband's been \u003cbr\u003esuch an irritating, finger-pointing stinker \u003cbr\u003ethat I've found myself dreaming of ways \u003cbr\u003eto spend his insurance money . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy name is Holly.\u003cbr\u003eThis book \u003cbr\u003etells my story—\u003cbr\u003ea coming-of-middle-age story.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A fast, funny, touching book . . . Hilarious and irreverent.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review), on What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Winning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly on What My Mother Doesn't Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStop Pretending\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force debut. It celebrates truth-telling, and has a purity and passion that speaks to the heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every page of Sonya Sones’s novel-in-verse is brimming with wit, warmth, and wisdom. You’ll want to share this relatable and revelatory story about growing old ‘disgracefully’ with every mother and daughter you know.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan McCafferty, author of the Jessica Darling series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An achingly honest, brilliantly crafted examination of midlife. An absolute joy to read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTish Cohen, author of The Truth About Delilah Blue and Inside Out Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Funny, fresh, and heartbreakingly poignant, this book had me laughing and crying at the same time.  Thank you, Sonya Sones, for finally saying what so many of us have been thinking for so long.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries series and Insatiable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Somewhere between Nora Ephron and Jennifer Weiner, Sones recounts the little ouches of aging with a perfect blend of wit and tenderness. . . . This is what chick lit should want to be when it grows up--wise, funny, and blunt.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] entertaining novel-in-verse that will have readers clamoring for more. Sones, a beloved and wildly popular YA novelist, brings poetry to life for readers, especially parents of teens and those coping with elder care, in this cleverly versified, insightful laughter-and-tears novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wallpaper a room with the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Neiman Marcus\u003c\/i\u003e. It will be your favorite place. The room you come back to again and again, year after year.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlene Beckerman, author of Love, Loss, and What I Wore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Very sharp, very funny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, on One Of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you told me I’d laugh and cry in the nail salon over a novel in VERSE about wifehood, mom-hood, and daughterhood, I’d have said that you were...mad. 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