{"product_id":"9781804999912","title":"Maybe the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe number one international bestseller by the author of Tales of the City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Scathingly funny, haunting…Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Highly funny and deeply poignant…With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking. There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask. After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance, we track our spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hare-brained and daring that it just might succeed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is the poignant and moving tale of an outsider told from the inside which eloquently speaks to the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57242458685813,"sku":"9781804999912","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781804999912.jpg?v=1780392295","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781804999912","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}