{"product_id":"swanna-in-love-paperback-by-jennifer-belle","title":"Swanna in Love Paperback by Jennifer Belle","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2024-01-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781636141640\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e306.18\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.5 x 5.51 x 0.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest-selling author Belle (\u003c\/i\u003eHigh Maintenance, Going Down\u003ci\u003e) unleashes her first new novel in over ten years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1982 and fourteen-year-old Swanna Swain is the only one left at camp. The place is a ghost town by the time her mother Val finally shows up six hours late—stoned and radiant—in a Ford pickup driven by Borislav, her new young Russian lover. Assuming she is headed home to her air-conditioned Upper West Side apartment, Swanna and her lovable younger brother Madding are instead dragged to Vermont—to an artist colony where kids are not welcome and they are forced to sleep in the back of the truck, while Val is cozy inside the house with the Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Swanna meets Dennis, a handsome married father of two, at a bowling alley, and, knowing a thing or two about seduction from Judy Blume, her best friend at camp, and her own parents’ many affairs—she sets out to convince Dennis to help her. But love seldom obeys rules, and even a tough, smart, city girl like Swanna might not be able to handle falling in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest-selling novelist Jennifer Belle returns with a kind of inverse \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e that explores adolescent desire from the girl’s point of view. In turns hilarious and wildly shocking, \u003ci\u003eSwanna in Love\u003c\/i\u003e will keep your feathers ruffled and the pages gliding by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in New York City, \u003cb\u003eJennifer Belle\u003c\/b\u003e turned to writing several years ago after a successful stint as an off-Broadway actress. Belle dropped out of high school and college, but did graduate from elementary school. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eGoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown\u003c\/i\u003e, was named Best Summer Novel by \u003ci\u003eTime Out New\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eYork\u003c\/i\u003e and a Top Ten Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been translated into 11 languages. Her essays have appeared in the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eYork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.,\u003c\/i\u003e the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMudfish\u003c\/i\u003e, and several anthologies. 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