{"product_id":"9780345458308","title":"Beginner's Luck: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePedersen, Laura\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBallantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/1\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Laura Pedersen delivers . . . Throughout, you can’t help but think how hilarious some of the scenes would play on the big screen.”—The Hartford Courant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“There could be no doubt left in anyone’s mind that my life had all the makings of  a country-and-western song.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The second of seven children (with another on the  way), Hallie Palmer has one dream: to make it to Vegas. Normally blessed with an  uncanny gift for winning at games of chance, she’s just hit a losing streak. She’ s been kicked out of the casino she frequents during school hours, lost all her money  for a car on a bad bet at the track, and has been grounded by her parents. Hallie  decides the time as come to cut her losses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Answering an ad in the local paper,  she lands a job as yard person at the elegant home of the sixty-ish Mrs. Olivia Stockton,  a wonderfully eccentric rebel who scribes acclaimed poetry along with the occasional  soft-core porn story. Under the same wild roof is Olivia’s son, Bernard, an antiques  dealer and gourmet cook who turns out mouthwatering cuisine and scathing witticisms,  and Gil, Bernard’s lover, whose down-to-earth sensibilities provide a perfect foil  to the Stocktons’ outrageous \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, in this anything-goes household,  Hallie has found a new family. And she’s about to receive the education of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From a wonderful new voice in fiction comes the freshest and funniest novel to barrel  down the pike since \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eBeginner’s  Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Pedersen introduces us to the endearing oddballs and eccentrics of Cosgrove  County, Ohio, who burst to life and steal our hearts–and none more so than Hallie  Palmer, sixteen, savvy, and wise beyond her years, a young woman who knows life is  a gamble . . . and sometimes you have to bet the house.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43352070652159,"sku":"9780345458308","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780345458308_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587597","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780345458308","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}