{"product_id":"meeting-new-people-daniel-m-lavery-9798228979680","title":"Meeting New People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Book Performed by Academy Award Winner Marcia Gay Harden\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eWomen's Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, the irresistible and wildly entertaining story of one woman contending with age and friendship--a narrative that reads like an homage to Nora Ephron's \u003ci\u003eHeartburn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixtysomething, twice-divorced Barbara is at a crossroads. In the midst of her emotional uncertainty, she looks back on the dissolution of the nine best friendships of her life, in hopes of figuring out how to optimize finding her tenth, and hopefully last, best friend. Barbara is acerbic, opinionated, and wrong about many things, but she also doesn't shy away when she's at fault. The turning point of her predicament comes from Barbara's choice, in friends, between (too-young) Caitlyn and the (unsuitable) Other Barbara. Will she repeat the exciting mistakes of the past, or will she try a new kind of mistake for a change? She feels like an out-of-season Scrooge who is unexpectedly, and all at once, surprised and entirely transformed by the possibility of joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who loved Bobby Finger's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Place\u003c\/i\u003e and Elif Batuman's \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeeting New People\u003c\/i\u003e will feel like a long-lost companion--Lavery at the height of his storytelling powers. It is an unforgettable novel from one of our most inventive and brilliant writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel M. Lavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228979680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Daniel M. Lavery","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":48623696806143,"sku":"9798228979680","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meeting-new-people-daniel-m-lavery-9798228979680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}