{"product_id":"lessons-from-stars-evadne-clarke-9798334076372","title":"Lessons From Stars","description":"This is not a short story.\u003cp\u003eIf you like your romantic payoff hard, fast, and dirty, this isn't the book for you.\u003cbr\u003eIf you like to really get to know your characters, learn their complexities and motivations, and what they need to do before they reach that payoff, this might be a book for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also started as a joke between friends, and was primarily created through a series of Instagram polls.\u003cbr\u003eSo, as James Ancaster once famously said, Bon Appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Clara. Early thirties. London born. Latchkey Kid. Absolute Chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe, like her friends, grew up in a time and place that tie self-worth to how busy you manage to keep yourself. She works too much, has little time for herself, and tells herself she's happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then, in a turn of events worthy of a cheesy holiday movie, she finds herself in Scotland. In Scotland, in a small town, with a stately manor house attached to an event business she has to learn to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lessons don't stop at business, though.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy would they? If they did, this wouldn't be a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe inevitably meets a series of wise and witty side characters, including the alarmingly handsome caretaker attached to the stately manor house (and his dog), and begins to learn more than how to turn a profit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of finding what matters and finding yourself, join Clara as she navigates her personal and professional upheaval, through such things as day-drinking, her terrible flatmate's terrible wedding, a wild-camper with forced proximity, and what is probably ADHD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evadne Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798334076372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.34d","brand":"Evadne Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066513830143,"sku":"9798334076372","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09ad47a4-23be-4d40-91b1-8e92aa966270.jpg?v=1768678849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lessons-from-stars-evadne-clarke-9798334076372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}