{"product_id":"the-care-and-feeding-of-diana-wagman-9781935439646","title":"The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house--kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen. While desperately seeking to escape--which leads to several violent clashes with her increasingly unstable kidnapper--Winnie also tries to understand why she was taken captive. Is her kidnapper merely seeking a ransom or does he have something more sinister in mind? Does he know that Winnie's mother is an Oscar-winning actress? Or did he connect her with Jonathan, her famous ex-husband? When the truth reveals itself, Winnie is not only forced to fight for her life, but must also protect the lives of those she loves from the kidnapper's deranged master plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn engrossing, darkly humorous, edge-of-your-seat story, \u003ci\u003eThe Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dynamic between kidnapper and kidnapped, bizarre reptile lore, and the absurdity of the celebrity lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Wagman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eBump\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpontaneous\u003c\/i\u003e--which won the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction--and \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a contributing writer to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana Wagman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935439642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935439646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2012 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/06\/2013 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Bea Big Book Guide\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2012 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2013 pg. 22","brand":"Diana Wagman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978836410623,"sku":"9781935439646","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac64ca22-fb8f-4502-ac9d-c65a5ae4602d.jpg?v=1683243217","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-care-and-feeding-of-diana-wagman-9781935439646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}