{"product_id":"christmas-in-july-alan-michael-parker-9781945814464","title":"Christmas in July","description":"In light of her impending death, thirteen-year-old Beatrice Danzig has changed her name to Christmas. She's at the center of \u003ci\u003eChristmas in July\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in ten stories told by ten residents of suburban Saxon Hills: the bored wife of a senior softball slugger, a socialite with a glitter fixation, a beekeeping hermit, a young runaway who can't outrun her past. The novel explores each of these people's lives before and after meeting Christmas--as well as Mr. Ramirez's mustache, The Wizard of Oz, cults and terrorists, Brown v. Board of Education, a band named Wagawagawaga, and the mystery of Aunt Nikki, Christmas's guardian, who sleeps in a closet to keep her demons, real and imagined, at bay.\u003cbr\u003e Through ten unique voices, veteran author Alan Michael Parker charts the wreckage of a troubled teen in a small town, exposing the residents' secrets and their all-too-human hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Michael Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945814462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945814464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2018","brand":"Alan Michael Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940279353599,"sku":"9781945814464","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8f8711ed-7315-462d-9b1f-33cf70ff641a.jpg?v=1681446276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christmas-in-july-alan-michael-parker-9781945814464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}