{"product_id":"playing-house-isbn-9780060534370","title":"Playing House","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning debut from the newest author to join the ranks in Avon Trade Fiction, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrannie MacKenzie, a 30-something New Yorker, suspects she is pregnant when a rather unexpected bout of morning sickness occurs directly upon a sweater display at The Gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tWith nothing else to do but gestate, Frannie decides to deal with father- (but-not-husband-) to-be Calvin, an “experimental” musician. Frannie and Calvin embark on a very wild ride that involves tuna helper, maternity bra shopping, flying Barbies, and more than a few spoon-playing musicians. Oh, and along the way, they have a baby and fall in love.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A love story for real people—people who understand that “happily ever after” must be taken one day at a time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElin Hilderbrand, author of The Beach Club and Nantucket Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hilarious.  Pearson’s sophisticated storytelling is not only satirical but side-splitting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Playing House plays the perils of parenthood like a Canuck road movie. It’s a trip.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This premise, despite its serious nature, provides lots of laughs and poignancy in the hands of an author who’s obviously very experienced with babies. . . . Throughout the fast-paced fiction, the characters adapt to their sudden, surprise self-imposed family life in a realistic way. However, the plot never loses its sense of humour, even during the more dramatic moments.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Playing House scores twice; it tickles the funny bone and hits a nerve about our introspective modern life. Told in Frannie’s self-deprecating voice, Patricia Pearson’s Playing House is a witty, laugh-out-loud account of, well, angst at the entanglement of commitments that come with an Impending Infant and with the arrival itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail (Toronto)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deft new comic novel by Canadian author Patricia Pearson. Frannie seems to be wedged in the literary crawl space between Bridget Jones (single woman, bad habits, looking for love) and Kate Reddy (married, harried working mother of two in the smash British novel I Don’t Know How She Does It).” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888447156453,"sku":"NP9780060534370","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060534370.jpg?v=1730229106","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/playing-house-isbn-9780060534370","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}