{"product_id":"happy-family-paperback-2","title":"Happy Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Barone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of these things is not like the other. That's how Cheri Matzner felt growing up in her adoptive family, and it's what continues to define her as she tries to start a family of her own. Funny and fierce, desperate for connection yet pushing it away with both hands, she needs to jump-start a marriage in danger of flatlining and save her career from scandal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Cheri is still contending with a complicated relationship with her parents -- her aging Italian bombshell of a mother and a distant father who looms large, even in death -- unaware of the sacrifices they made to be together or of the difficult truths and lies in their marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When tragedy unravels Cheri's well-designed defenses, she is thrust into an odyssey of acceptance that brings her full circle back to her dramatic origins. Sometimes it takes half a lifetime to come of age. To be able to glimpse our parents beyond their roles as our parents. To uncover the many versions of truth within our family stories and within our own. And to laugh at it all just a little bit sooner.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Barone\u003c\/b\u003e earned her MFA in dramatic writing at NYU and has worked as a screenwriter and playwright. She has worked in Hollywood, where she was the Executive Producer on \u003ci\u003eWild, Wild, West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRosewood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Fellow Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMoney Train\u003c\/i\u003e and was instrumental in the acquisition and development of \u003ci\u003eMen in Black\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAli\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to an MFA, Barone holds a B.A. from NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48704594116857,"sku":"9780316342599","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b9dxYKu3iW9780316342599.webp?v=1784817176","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/happy-family-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}