{"product_id":"role-playing-cathy-yardley-9781662503979","title":"Role Playing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Cathy Yardley, author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Comment, Subscribe\u003c\/i\u003e, comes an emotional rom-com about two middle-aged gamers who grow their online connection into an IRL love story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal--he'll be more social if she does the same--she can't refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drama caring for his aging mother while his brother plays house with Aiden's ex-fianc馥.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBogwitch and Otter become fast virtual friends, but there's a catch. Bogwitch thinks Otter is a college student. Otter assumes Bogwitch is an octogenarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they finally meet face to face--after a rocky, shocking start--the unlikely pair of sunshine and stormy personalities grow tentatively closer. But Maggie's previous relationships have left her bitter, and Aiden's got a complicated past of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything's easier online. Can they make it work in real life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathy Yardley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662503970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662503979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Montlake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Cathy Yardley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080333291775,"sku":"9781662503979","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02800e19-a725-470b-8099-991e5e9f807a.jpg?v=1685486223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/role-playing-cathy-yardley-9781662503979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}