{"product_id":"english-as-a-second-language-megan-crane-9780446692861","title":"English as a Second Language","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this wickedly funny first novel-think \u003ci\u003eLegally Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e in Oxford-a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blokes, beers, and new best friends in graduate school in England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alexandra Brennan is fed up with her dead end New York City job-and even more fed up of running into her smug ex-boyfriend. So when he crosses the line by telling her that she'll never get into graduate school in the United Kingdom, that's precisely what she does. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Armed with imported cigarettes and extra strength coffee, Alex leaves home and crosses the Atlantic to face all that Great Britain and grad school have to offer, including ill-considered romantic interludes, a red-headed nemesis with intellectual pretensions and ulterior motives, a preponderance of eighties music, and more books than she can possibly read in a year. What she discovers, however, is that instead of running away from home - she may have actually found it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a cheeky sense of humor and terrific cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eEnglish as a Second Language\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and irreverent novel about a young woman's misadventures on the path to adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Crane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0446692867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446692861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2004 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 1816\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 125 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2004","brand":"Megan Crane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919781724415,"sku":"9780446692861","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d0674d45-dcfb-4b84-9705-6239d67ef8ee.jpg?v=1680811875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/english-as-a-second-language-megan-crane-9780446692861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}