{"product_id":"the-customer-is-always-wrong-mimi-pond-9781770462823","title":"The Customer Is Always Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman's art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Customer is Always Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e is the saga of a young na ve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven for eccentrics and Mimi Pond folds the tales of the fascinating sleaze-ball characters that surround young Madge into her workaday waitressing life. Outrageous and loving tributes and takedowns of her co-workers and satellites of the Imperial Cafe create a snapshot of a time in Madge's life where she encounters who she is, and who she is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in the same brash yet earnest style as her previous memoir \u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e, Pond's storytelling gifts have never been stronger than in this epic, comedic, standalone graphic novel. Madge is right back at the Imperial with its great coffee and depraved cast, where things only get worse for her adopted greasy spoon family while her career as a cartoonist starts to take off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mimi Pond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.30w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2017 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018","brand":"Mimi Pond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048845144319,"sku":"9781770462823","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50ff3e53-2e00-481a-a957-6686fcbdcae4.jpg?v=1684998151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-customer-is-always-wrong-mimi-pond-9781770462823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}