{"product_id":"american-fantasy","title":"American Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThis Time Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you're already an adult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous, nineties-era boy band and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them since childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeeling slightly out of place amid this crowd is Annie, here on a lark to appease her sister. Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing, something is unlocked. Call it memory. Call it nostalgia. Call it the chemical reaction of hormones, hope, and sexual reawakening. Between the slushy alcoholic drinks, the familiar music, and the throngs of middle-aged women acting like lovesick teenagers, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. By the time she meets one of the band members—not just a celebrity but someone in need of a friend—she has accessed a new sense of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a smart and incisive book packed with laugh-out-loud reflections on fame, aging, and marriage, Emma Straub delivers a richly textured story that shows us real passion is never truly lost, that what we love makes us who we are, and that deep meaning can sometimes be found in a sea of screaming fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eAmerican Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy...It brims with truth and humanity and insight.\" —Ann Patchett, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Wickedly funny...A fizzy escapist thrill ride with real insights on the isolation of celebrity, the community of fandom, and the liberation of middle age.\" —\u003cem\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Vividly conjured and frequently hilarious.\" —\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"American Fantasy is such a fun, delicious, big-hearted book.\" —Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Part Jane Austen and part VH1. So funny and wise and perfectly done.\" —Lena Dunham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A delightfully nostalgic novel about how the things we loved in the past have the power to shape our future.\" —\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Straub is a Guggenheim fellow and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of seven books for adults, including \u003cem\u003eThis Time Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll Adults Here\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Vacationers\u003c\/em\u003e. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43230117199949,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/1353\/1725\/files\/Americanfantasy.jpg?v=1783707249","url":"https:\/\/thelitllama.com\/products\/american-fantasy","provider":"The Lit Llama Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}