{"product_id":"tinsel-hank-stuever-9780547394565","title":"Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present","description":"In \"Tinsel, \" Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas--a suburb at once all-American and completely itself--to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas. Stuever's tale begins on the blissful easy-credit dawn of Black Friday, as he jostles for bargains among the crowds at the big-box stores. From there he follows Frisco's true believers as they navigate through three years of holiday drama. Tammie Parnell is the proprietor of \"Two Elves with a Twist,\" a company that decks the halls of other people's McMansions. Jeff and Bridgette Trykoski spend eleven months preparing the visible-from-space, awe-inspiring light display they stage on their lawn each December. And single mother Caroll Cavazos, a devout churchgoer, hopes that the life-affirming moments of the season can transcend her everyday struggles. \"Tinsel\" is a humane, revealing, and very funny portrait of one community's quest to discover a more perfect holiday amidst the frenzied, mega-churchy, shoparific world of Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hank Stuever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 054739456X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547394565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Hank Stuever","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311016857855,"sku":"9780547394565","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ac03f98-59aa-47f4-8e30-e06d70b3164d.jpg?v=1730887869","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tinsel-hank-stuever-9780547394565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}