{"product_id":"gorgeous-audio-library-edition-isbn-9780545585224","title":"Gorgeous - Audio Library Edition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"When I wasn't laughing out loud (which was often), I was wiping away a  tiny tear.\"  - Meg Cabot, bestselling author of The Princess Diaries  series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth and love and great  wicked humor, whom we ignore at our peril.\" - David Sedaris, bestselling  author of \u003ci\u003eMe Talk Pretty One Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[G]leefully wacky and  irreverent . . . readers are treated to Rudnick's considerable talents  as a satirist as he uproariously eviscerates our celebrity-mad,  class-conscious, appearance-obsessed, reality-TV-vapid culture with  puckish delight . . . a wicked good time, with moments both outlandish  and touching. And as a summer beach read? Well, it's perfect.\" - Libba  Bray, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paul Rudnick's  generous, open heart, scathing wit, encyclopedic knowledge of pop  culture and droll humor are all in force in his latest creation,  GORGEOUS, which is aptly named. I absolutely adored this book and  snort-laughed through the entire thing. You will too.\" – Melissa de la  Cruz, bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rudnick's first Y.A. novel is full of magic, snark, style, heart, and hilarity.\" - The Atlantic Wire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuffington Post's Five Things We're Into This Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Paul  Rudnick's young adult debut, Gorgeous, is not a fairy tale. 'Because in  real life, fairy tales always end badly.' What it is is a satire sharp  as a stiletto heel that takes on celebrity culture, the fashion  industry, consumerism, and princess stories. Oh, and it's wickedly  hilarious.\" - \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With writing that's  hilarious, profane, and profound (often within a single sentence),  Rudnick casts a knowing eye on our obsession with fame, brand names, and  royalty to create a feel-good story about getting what you want without  letting beauty blind you to what's real.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Acute,  wickedly funny observations on appearance and identity punctuate this  sprawling, caustic fairy tale that cheerfully skewers the fashion and  film worlds and their celebrity-culture spawn. . . . A Cinderella story  with a difference, Becky's journey to reconcile her inner household  drudge and outer princess starts where most fairy tales end.” - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Totally irreverent and wonderfully refreshing.”  - \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e | \u003cdiv\u003ePaul Rudnick is a frequent contributer to the NEW YORKER and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, as well as an Obie Award-winning playwright, and the screenwriter for ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES and IN \u0026amp; OUT. This is his first young adult novel.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Audio Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47813969674469,"sku":"NP9780545585224","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_22ac2ac2-3c02-46d3-ae60-b3225c568591.jpg?v=1773252423","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gorgeous-audio-library-edition-isbn-9780545585224","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}