{"product_id":"mary-jane-jessica-anya-blau-9780063052291","title":"Mary Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The best book of the summer.\" -- \u003cem\u003eInStyle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I LOVED this novel....If you have ever sung along to a hit on the radio, in any decade, then you will devour Mary Jane at 45 rpm.\" --Nick Hornby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlmost Famous \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eDaisy Jones \u0026amp; The Six \u003c\/em\u003ein this \"delightful\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e) novel about a fourteen-year-old girl's coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for--who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family's subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she's glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Jane's mother says. In a respectable house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it's a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface, \u003cem\u003eImpeachment: Now More Than Ever\u003c\/em\u003e bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Jane's mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job--helping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle she's always known and the future she's only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person she's going to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Anya Blau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063052296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063052291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Custom House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2021 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2021","brand":"Jessica Anya Blau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054050013439,"sku":"9780063052291","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96a3e0dc-746e-4920-b2e9-2764bef6e160.jpg?v=1685027710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mary-jane-jessica-anya-blau-9780063052291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}